It’s a well-known fact that if you engage children in growing their own vegetables, they gain a keen interest in eating them too. Gardening is quite physical and requires the body to work hard digging, carrying, lifting, sieving, watering etc.Īs children garden, they develop important motor skills that will help them improve their academic skills such as writing, cutting and typing. It also helps develop hand-eye coordination and builds physical strength. They get to smell all the amazing flower scents and see all the colourful petals. They can feel the texture of soil, seeds, flower and petals. Gardening engages all sorts of senses and helps children to develop and recognise them without even realising. Here are just a few benefits of gardening with children: Now the warmer weather has arrived, what better way to spend your time than enjoying some gardening. It also offers an opportunity to learn about different shapes and colours, and different animals and insects they might come across. They also get to learn about the different seasons, weather and the affects they have on the plants. They can learn about the different species of plants and what those plants need to help them grow.
Gardening offers so many fun and interesting opportunities for children, and teaches them invaluable lessons. As well as the fact kids love the great outdoors, the fresh air works wonders for them, and outdoor activities keep them active. Illustrated by Christopher Reidĭid this remind you of a similar garden story you’d like to share? Leave a comment below, I’d love to hear it.Being outdoors is great for children. It doesn’t have a lot to do with gardening, but, like his dad, I wanted to share it.īy William Duchie of Brandon, TX, published originally in 2021, in GreenPrints Issue #127. Sent in by subscriber William Duchie of Brandon, TX. I’m now 82 myself and, between three strokes and overall decay, I know first-hand that bodily infirmities multiply with the passage of time.Īnd remembering my father’s words, I make sure to enjoy every day. Better to enjoy what you’ve got than complain about what you don’t.” When my father shared this with me, he concluded, “I got the point and got it good. After listening to my father for a reasonable amount of time, the doctor said, “You know, Joe, you could have avoided all this if you’d died 10 years ago while you were still in good health.” Many years ago, my father, in his early 80s, shared an experience with me that he had with his physician during his annual physical:ĭad was complaining about his declining health and all the things he was suffering from. Enjoy! Die 10 Years Ago? By William Duchie of Brandon, TX Pieces like these that turn gardening humor into everyday life lessons always brighten up my day, and I hope this story does for you as well.
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This story comes from our archive that spans over 30 years and includes more than 130 magazine issues of GreenPrints. Today’s piece, “Die 10 Years Ago?” sent in by subscriber William Duchie of Brandon, TX, doesn’t have a lot to do with gardening, but, like his dad, I wanted to share it. I think that’s why today’s piece was submitted, though it’s not a typical garden story. And so, I fill them in with plants that are currently blooming at the gardening center.īut that disappointment pales in comparison to the growing seasons, when seedlings are starting, when tomatoes are growing red, and when I can make a bouquet of at least fifteen different flowers for my daughter’s preschool class. My garden story is that each year I plant a number of perennials in the flower gardens hoping they stay bright and alive all season long in one way or another, but each year I discover a “dead” couple of weeks where all I see are petal-less plants, and spiky insides where pollen used to lull the bumblebees to sleep. It’s hard not to think about life and death in the garden because you’re witnessing it over and over throughout the growing season.
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