It's like growing potatoes, cabbages, carrots and tomatoes, but it is nice for the students to get a tomato, wash it and eat it right in the garden, so tomatoes are their favourite. Gardening is not only an interesting subject, but also a helpful subject. Some vegetables are easy to ...
This is really important because potatoes are lush and leafy plants, and those tubers take a lot of effort to swell. So if it’s dry, water thoroughly. Maintain even moisture, especially from the time after the flowers bloom.Potatoes need 1 to 2 inches of water a week. Too much water ...
The soil needs to be a warm temperature for planting. If it's too cool outside, wait awhile to plant. In other words, the warmer the soil the better it will be for your sweet potatoes. If the soil temperature during the day is below 80 degrees, they probably won't grow. Prepare a...
Here is a fun activity – growing carrots from carrot tops. I first read about it onRainy Day Mumand thought the kids would LOVE to this. They always get excited when our seedlings start appearing and things GROW. So to start it off… place your carrot tops in a shallow dish of water...
Note: this is based on my experience with my two kids, currently four and six. It may not generalize as much as I think it does. People start out dependent on their parents for food, changing, contact, motion, and even sleep timing. Typically they end u
These books, among them The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough by Katie Smith Milway, Potatoes on Rooftops: Farming in the City by Hadley Dyer, Down to Earth: How Kids Help Feed the World by Nikki Tate, and Why Are You Doing That? by Elisa Amado and ...
(This success was likely thanks to the manure, dirt and leaves I layered on the beds last fall.) Even with deer and groundhogs and rabbits helping themselves, and no watering, we harvested plenty of yellow squash and a couple cucumbers, and a colander of little potatoes. No tomatoes, the...
Growing Potatoes in Straw: A Labor-Saving/Better Harvest Technique April 3, 2012 13 Comments As a preparedness-minded person (& chief cook / bottle-washer), I often evaluate foods based on their shelf-life, ability to fill the eater up, adaptability in cooking, and how well they can exten...
With so many potatoes to cook, Mom and Nana had to be___. Mom would make mashed (捣碎的) potatoes one day and then use the leftover potatoes to___potato cakes the next. Nana would cook them___on Sundays for a long time in her red soup to serve with noodles and meat balls. ...
Sugar snap pea flowers on a young climbing variety. Peas need staking or a trellis for support as they grow. If you want ‘fast food’: Choose snow peas because you don’t have to wait for the pods to fill. A great choice for kids and impatient gardeners!