Gardening with Grandma
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Children love to dig in the dirt and gardening will teach them many valuable lessons while they do it.
Through the eyes of your grandchildren the birds and bugs in the garden becomes a lesson in biology - when they ask "why" and you take the time to answer. And growing seeds becomes a scientific experiment with the details they will learn according to their age. 
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Do you have space for a veggie garden? Visualize your own veggie patch, providing you with some, or most, of your fruit and veggie needs. This might save you between $30 and perhaps $100 per week. That could mean an extra $5000 in your pocket each and every year.
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Offers 17 different gardening projects with kids in mind
Kids' Container Gardening: Year-Round Projects for Inside and Out
Amazon Price: $2.99 (as of 02/16/2012)
It is well organized, expertly researched and written, and is very versitile. The projects are applicable for a large span of age groups, and easilty adapted to whatever enironment you are using it in, whether home or school.
For beginners and old-timers alike
In todays downturned economy, one sector is trending sharply up: backyard vegetable gardening.
Tomatoes Garlic Basil: The Simple Pleasures of Growing and Cooking Your Garden's Most Versatile Veggies
Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 02/16/2012)
Americans are staying closer to home - literally tending to their gardens, by the millions. And they're reaching out for help and advice. Doug Oster, popular radio talk show gardening expert and newspaper garden & food columnist, gets more questions about tomatoes than any other vegetable. #2 is garlic, with basil close behind.
Live LadyBugs - a must for your garden!
I Love Dirt - NEW!
Q: How can you tell which end of a worm is which?
A: Tickle it in the middle and see which end laughs!
I Love Dirt!: 52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature
Amazon Price: $5.84 (as of 02/16/2012)
Oh, what fun a child can have by jumping in mud puddles, collecting bugs, and listening to the birds! And yet, many children today have become so occupied with TV, computers, and video games, that unstructured, outdoor play is sadly becoming a thing of the past.
I Love Dirt! is a call to parents, educators, and caregivers to help children recover one of the great joys of childhood. Through fifty-two activities, readers will find a wealth of creative ways to actively engage children, ages four to nine, in nature.
What to plant so that your grandchildren will stay interested in the garden?
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You can plant 'things we can eat' and 'flowers we can pick'. Cherry tomatoes grow well in pots and produce lots of little tomatoes that are fun watch them grow and ripen ready to pick and eat.
Flowers that are easy to grow are pansies - they bloom profusely and love to be picked! Another thing I like about pansies is that they press well and therefore can be used for many crafts. How cool is that? Using flowers you grew in your own garden with Grandma!
It will be Fun Growing these Flowers
Heirloom Sunflower Seeds Flash Blend Certified Organic
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# Heirloom seeds handed down for generations.
# If you love sunflowers, but can't decide on any one variety, this mix has it all!
# Eenjoy brilliant colors with a flash of white.
# An annual that blooms late summer to fall, in full sun.
Let your Grandchildren Dress-up for Gardening
Kid's Green "Tiny Turtles" Waterproof Rubber Rain and Garden Boots
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SOFT JERSEY ® KIDS Gloves, Assorted Flower Print Jersey ,Knit Wrist-- 3 PAIRS
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Offers 17 different gardening projects with kids in mind
Kids Container Gardening : Year-Round Projects for Inside and Out
Amazon Price: $14.00 (as of 02/16/2012)
Perfect for urban kids without outdoor green space of their own. Color photos show kids ranging from tots to teens potting and planting.
A Child's Garden
A Child's Garden: 60 Ideas to Make Any Garden Come Alive for Children (Archetype Press Books)
Amazon Price: $11.33 (as of 02/16/2012)
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A Child's Garden will draw parents into their children's timeless, carefree world and perhaps back to a time when they themselves explored streams, played in the sand, studied bugs, and roamed without agenda.
A Bee's Eye View of a Daylily
Stamens of a daylily (Hemerocallis), thickly covered in pollen
Honey bees visit as many as 1,000 flowers a day. They use their long tongues to sip nectar from the flowers. They store this nectar in their honey stomachs. The honey stomach is a special organ that breaks down the sugar in the nectar. When the bees return to the hive, they spit up the nectar. They give some of the nectar to other bees. The rest, they put into empty cells. That is where the nectar turns into sweet honey.
When a honey bee buzzes from flower to flower, it collects more than just nectar. Pollen sticks to its hairy body and hind legs. The bee brushes this pollen into "baskets," or sacs, on its hind legs. Later, when the bee returns to the hive, it kicks off the pollen into cells in the hive. Honey bees use this pollen as food.
Crafts from Nature - from your garden
Nature's Art Box: From t-shirts to twig baskets, 65 cool projects for crafty kids to make with natural materials you can find anywhere
Amazon Price: $7.53 (as of 02/16/2012)
A great resource for crafters of all ages and abilities.
An Excerpt: Painting What Where and When How to Use Viola and Pansy Great plants to grow for many crafts. Violas look like small pansies. Viola and pansy blossoms come ..."
Flowers are important for our Emotional Health
This Honeysuckle vine is growing in a container on the Patio
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Fine Art Digital Nature Photography
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Digital cameras and software have revolutionized the world of photography. With seemingly endless products available, photographers are challenged to find what will work best for their individual needs.
Gardening in Small Spaces with your Grandchildren
Fun Way to Garden Indoors Or Out with Limited Space.
Stackable Planters - 3 Tier Set - Tuscany (12")
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A cascade of colorful flowers, tasty herbs, strawberry patch or tomato patch beautifully displayed in a planter that can be easily rolled indoors or outdoors as the weather changes.
Have the right tools for your Grandchildren - that is half the fun!
Toysmith Garden Tote With Tools - Toysmith 2284
Amazon Price: $12.64 (as of 02/16/2012)
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Perfect for aspiring young gardeners! This quality canvas tote comes with three 8" sturdy garden hand tools: a trowel, rake and shovel. Decorated with a friendly frog and ladybug, this tote has seven deep pockets and a roomy interior that expands to 8" in diameter.
Easy to use reel mower
American Lawn Mower 1815-18 18-Inch Reel Mower
Amazon Price: $82.99 (as of 02/16/2012)
Push reel mowers are powered by you. They're quiet, they don't need cords or recharging, and they don't pollute.
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How to meet the challenge of getting kids into gardening.
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Autumn Gardening is a very important season.
Short season gardens need to be put to bed. Warmer zones are starting a whole new growing season.
A little effort in the garden during fall can make your garden ready to go next spring.
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My first Daffodil Bouquet for the year 2010
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vallain
Jan 18, 2012 @ 7:59 pm | delete
- It is so important to get kids outside and interacting with nature! I really believe it will enrich their lives and grandparents are the ones who can do it. Good topic.
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BevsPaper
Sep 21, 2011 @ 7:22 pm | delete
- What fun ideas for gardening with Grandma! Blessed!
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puerdycat
May 16, 2011 @ 9:48 am | delete
- Adorable! your birds-eye perspective is so how kids see! like-fave-roll to G-is-for-garden.
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ShirleySunshine
Feb 17, 2011 @ 10:58 am | delete
- A delightful Lens GramaBarb, love it. I so adored my little garden as a child. That tiny corner I could all my own, happy memories!
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Jimmie
Feb 14, 2011 @ 11:25 am | delete
- Today is a lovely day with temps in the 50's. Dreaming of spring!
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The Family Kitchen Garden: How to Plant, Grow, and Cook Together
Amazon Price: $4.92 (as of 02/16/2012)
The pictures are abundant and beautiful as well as the information provided. This is an excellent book for both garden and kitchen.
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