Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Easy, Child-Friendly Garden Projects

Forcing paperwhites and amaryllis bulbs in brightly handpainted, stenciled terracotta pots

Painting birdhouses from Michael's or arts and crafts stores in bright, glow in the dark paints

Growing red wiggler worms for enriching the soil

Releasing ladybugs to naturally eat aphids

Growing mealworms and drying them to feed the birds that eat the pine beetles

Digging holes to plant late spring-blooming, naturalizing daffodils with organic bone meal

Creating an indoor kitchen herb and pepper plants garden for making a salsa, pizza herb or French herb garden

Making dried wreaths and bouquets from the garden

Making organic soaps and candles from the garden






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