5 Crops to Grow with Kids
Our latest YouTube video shares 5 crops to grow with kids. Christy shares 5 fast, fun, and flavorful crops that your kids will enjoy growing.
Dale Eblacas (AKA Daletron). Photo courtesy of Leah's Pantry.
Podcast: Kids and Seed Gardening with Dale Eblacas
Our latest podcast features Dale Eblacas, a seed saver, community advocate, and gardening educator. We caught up with him at the Heirloom Expo to discuss his work with kids and seed gardening.
Kendall Rae Johnson's new book -- I'm Growing Places
Podcast: Growing Places with Kendall Rae Johnson
We have our youngest guest ever on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week. 7 year-old Kendall Rae Johnson is the youngest Certified Farmer in Georgia. She and her mom and dad, Ursula and Quinton, own and run aGrowKulture Urban Farm.
Podcast: Kids Gardening with Em Shipman
Em Shipman is the executive director of KidsGardening.org. She helps guide parents, caregivers, and teachers with ideas for gardening with kids.
Podcast: Garden with Kids with Sonya Harris
Sonya Harris learned how to garden with kids as she learned to garden herself. She went from finding dirt "icky" to growing food for her community at the Bullock Garden Project. We chat about her journey from newbie to expert in this episode of the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast.
Sarah O'Neil, known as Sarah the Gardener, is at home in her garden.
Podcast: New Zealand Gardening with Sarah O’Neil
arah O'Neil is known as Sarah the Gardener in New Zealand, where she grows most of her own food. She's an author of 3 books, an award-winning blogger, and a keenly adventurous gardener.
Mostly started from nursery transplants to make it easy for beginning gardeners. We did plant seeds for radishes and carrots though.
Toddler Garden
It's important for kids to know where their food comes from, so here at Gardenerd we like to start them young. Really young, in the case of this recent garden installation. A two-year-old was about to get a younger sibling, so her parents wanted to give her something small to call her own: a toddler garden. Naturally, we needed to keep it simple for both child and parents. They'll have their hands full, so this garden needed to be self-sufficient…