My kids really don’t eat salad. Sure, they will snack on cucumbers and tomatoes on their own… but not mixed with greens. That’s why I was so intrigued by the concept of Growums!
Growums are themed garden kits that allow children to grow complete gardens and encourage them to eat healthy foods- a vital concern for educators and parents everywhere.
I was thinking having the children actually GROW the vegetables in their own garden might spark some interest in a salad.
I would imagine that they would take some sort of ownership, right? Luckily, the Growums Salad Garden Kit is really easy.
They come with several compartments and seed packs – everything you need to start your salad garden indoors. After a few weeks, you just take the tray outside and plant it in the ground.
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Yidynjv
Sunday 19th of August 2012
Yep. We have peas, carrots, ltuetce, beets, and potatoes from seed that came up. I planted tomatoes, cucumber, peppers (hot sweet), herbs, onions, strawberries and pumpkin from starters and they're hanging in there so far. The tomatoes have a little frost damage, but I think they'll make it. I got almost no cucumbers last year because we had such a late spring/cool summer and I'm hoping for better this year. We're off to a slow, but better start. I do prefer that she washes things that come out of the soil first- like the carrots- since I use steer/chicken poop to fertilize and it grosses me out a bit to eat without washing. I'm not as worried about the peas/beans/tomatoes since they aren't in the ground. Was this answer helpful?
Michael Ferraro
Monday 13th of August 2012
Vera,
Thank you for highlighting Growums on your latest blog. I ALWAYS love to see kids excited about growing their own vegetables! I hope they registered so my little guys, the Growums characters, can show them everything they need to know to be successful with their garden. It WILL even help yours ;) HAVE FUN and let me know if there is anything I can do for you guys. Thank you.
Garden Sheds YardSaver
Wednesday 8th of August 2012
Wow! That's cool. Back when I was a kid, I remember gardening with my mom. It used to be our bonding time.