tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721815363903316459.post4025140208929080102..comments2023-12-30T14:11:24.106-05:00Comments on Skillin's Garden Log: Gardening with ChildrenMike Skillin, Skillin's Greenhouseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14939695157231149671noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721815363903316459.post-72545144015560679992008-05-03T20:02:00.000-04:002008-05-03T20:02:00.000-04:00Great suggestions, Crystal!I have an almost three-...Great suggestions, Crystal!<BR/><BR/>I have an almost three-year old who has been "helping" me in the garden in many of the ways you suggested. For me, the most important thing in designing my garden is to make it fit her size and temperament. She's a kid, and I have to let her trample on a lovely tulip now and then (she knows not to, and does a great job avoiding them, but still, she's a kid.) To her, it's her garden as much as mine, so letting her be a kid in it is where she makes it her own. She loves the smell of mint, the smoothness of lamb's ear, the bumpiness of grape hyacinths, but especially loves the plants she's named after, Sage.<BR/><BR/>This year, we're starting fruits and vegetables (check your soil or replace it if you're worried about toxics like lead), and also starting a little "room" for her, a tripod of bamboo stakes sashed together with twine up which we'll grow sweet peas, nasturtiums, and sugar snap peas, all for about ten bucks. It was the cheapest room I'll ever build!<BR/><BR/>DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721815363903316459.post-7089624077519442202008-04-10T07:32:00.000-04:002008-04-10T07:32:00.000-04:00Your readers may wish to know:You can get (Mimosa ...Your readers may wish to know:<BR/>You can get (Mimosa pudica) most commonly known as TickleMe Plant seeds and complete growing kits from www.ticklemeplant.com Free experiments and growing tips are available at the website. <BR/>My school children loves these. We grew 300 this year!<BR/>Thanks for the blogMark Chipkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396846473748867594noreply@blogger.com