Mackenzie and Kendall’s Garden

July 23, 2007 By Karen Creel

These are my granddaughter’s Mackenzie and Kendall in the garden. Introducing children to the garden at an early age helps foster a life long love of gardening. Children are curious and gardening can be a great tool for learning.

Mackenzie and Kendall's Garden

There’s a few tips when gardening with kids:

There attention span is short. Gardening projects should be short and simple.
Allow them to dig holes, place seeds, and water.
Make the time in the garden enjoyable. If they become distracted, that’s okay.
Use kid size gardening tools.
Enjoy the experience, and don’t expect perfection.
Take pictures of them gardening, what they grow, and the progress of growing.
Make a dish together using the vegetables you grow.

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I’m not sure when my fascination with junk began, but gardening was in my blood from an early age. I remember my grandmother could throw a few seeds out and have the prettiest flowers. Sweet peas were rampant beside the front porch. I can see her now, bent over pulling weeds, and I find myself doing the same thing anytime I’m in the yard. My dad was raised on a large farm, and even though he moved away, and we always lived in the city, he had a garden. He had me help him plant a garden in May before he died in August. So you can see, gardening just comes naturally to me.

I can’t explain the love of rusty and all things chippy, but I have dug through more barns and sheds than I would like to admit to bring out a rusty wagon or old chicken feeder.

So, I hope you will follow along, and we can learn a few things together. I’ll be sharing gardening ideas, my flea market finds, and thrifty ways to repurpose.