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7 Tips for Getting Kids in the Garden

Most kids would love gardening, if given the chance. Here are 7 ingenious tips for getting kids in the garden.

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Garden Games for Kids

Raise a crop of lifelong gardeners by getting kids outside and in the dirt with one of these fun garden games. You’ll find your backyard is full of surprises, wonder, and endless moments of play.

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How to Get a Kid to Eat Lettuce

While it’s been a cool, slow growing season so far, our buttercrunch lettuce, planted back in late March, looked ready for picking this week.

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My Favorite Gardening Books for Kids

A few mornings ago, we woke up to see an unwelcome surprise outside the window. “Is that snow?” Thalia asked me. “Why is it snowing if it’s spring?” Oh, to see a child’s blossoming ability for logic confounded by the irrationalities of the natural world!

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Garden Lessons From My Parents

Friday is my 4-year-old daughter Thalia’s favorite time of the week, hands-down.

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Strawberries Introduce Kids to Natural Sweets from the Garden

Get kids to love healthy, natural sweets such as strawberries and cherry tomatoes by introducing them to garden-fresh produce, which is the sweetest kind.