Today I am introducing Floral Friday. A regular post every Friday on flowering plants to grow with your kids, and to have in your garden. All the plants featured will be ‘family friendly’. By this I mean they will either:- Grow easily and be a ‘good doer’. May self –seed. Will have a point of […]
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Six Resolutions for my Garden in 2012
What are Yours? Spending time in my garden, gardening with my son, and thinking and reading about all things horticultural, provide me with inspiration, stimulation and a sense of purpose. I’d be lost without a garden. So the New Year brings new thoughts on how I get to grips with my garden. This time last […]
CBeebies, Gardening and Mr Bloom’s Nursery
At the beginning of last year I wrote a piece on the blog about CBeebies and Gardening. The BBC has now applied even more creativity to its childrens’ programming and produced an entertaining veggie puppet show with Mr Bloom’s Nursery. Its worth a watch even if you don’t have kids – well a short watch. […]
What to do with all those Leaves in the Garden
Making Leaf Mould We have been making leaf mould in our garden and have done so for the last couple of years. It is an easy gardening activity for children; one that gets them into the garden in the autumn. Leaf mould is organic and involves no carbon footprint. It is simply a case of […]
Cbeebies – Gardening and Nature
Sitting watching Dirt Girl World with my son last night got me wondering how much these sorts of programmes will influence our children. There is a plethora of nature type programmes on CBeebies (my son has yet to graduate to CBBC, except for ‘the Deadly 60′). Dirt Girl World is in fact my least favourite […]
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