How to teach gardening to children?

 How to teach gardening to children?

Gardening is a great way for you as well as for your children to get sunlight and fresh air, stay physically active and have a productive time. With gardening, your child can stay away from television and computer screens and learn new skills. However, as in any business, attracting your child's attention in gardening is based on some main factors. Making the time spent in the garden fun and focusing on the things that interest you are at the top of these.

How do you keep your child's interest in the garden?

This beneficial activity for your child may also have aspects that work for you. You can really lighten some of your burdens with its help. However, not portraying gardening as a task for your child may work in the long run and keep your child's interest alive. Here are some other things you can do to do this:

• Buying special garden supplies and clothes for your child. Just trying them can make him crave to go out into the garden the next time.
• Getting quick results with fast-growing vegetables and fruits. You may be patient, but your child probably isn't.
• If you have multiple children, give them all private spaces. Thus, they work more enthusiastically in order not to fall behind each other.
• Provide the necessary support. Depending on age, your child may not be able to take on every yard job. Sometimes you can help him openly and sometimes secretly so that he does not feel inadequate.

Assessing your child's interests in the garden and organizing their tasks accordingly will also allow him to enjoy himself much more.

Tips for teaching children gardening

After preparing your soil, you can do the sowing part with your child. Potatoes are a good choice for planting, because it is not the seed, but the potato itself. You can bury a shoot-up tuber or pieces of tubers so that the shoots face up. Some of the other good alternatives for sowing include:

1. Cherry Tomatoes (Seedlings): It is pleasant to grow, both because of its taste and because of its appearance. They grow in 50-75 days and can even be grown in pots.
2. Sunflower: Both the flowers that bloom in two months are very beautiful, and you can roast the seeds and consume them with pleasure.
3. Carrot: You can choose it because it will be fun to collect the carrots grown by throwing the seeds directly into the ground.
4. Lettuce: Lettuce, which will grow in 40 to 50 days, can also make it easier for your child to love the salad.

If your child is very young, a useful tip is to start at home by planting in egg containers filled with earth. When the seedling begins to form, you can cut off that part of the egg container and bury it directly in the ground, because the cardboard will dissolve in the soil. Thus, no seed is wasted. Of course, moving the garden home can also carry some factors, such as the ant in the garden, into the house. In this case, you can take a look at our tips on how to get rid of ants.

Some children may be more interested in vegetables that can be eaten, some with flowers, and some with animals. To keep their interest high, focus on them in garden work and add color to your planting area with flowers. Or you can invite new friends to your garden with a birdhouse or a small pool for ornamental fish.