The oldest pea ever found, was in Thailand and it was estimated to be over 3,000 years old! I recently I had a blog post about starting seeds with kids. If you happened to start peas you’re in luck! If you’re a homesteading, homeschooling mom or dad, and you want to incorporate the garden inContinue reading “Phonemic Awareness in the Garden”
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Starting Seeds with Kids at Home
Yesterday, I was informed that for the remainder of the semester my courses will be online. If your school hasn’t closed temporarily yet, it will probably come soon. Along with University and College going online, schools across the country will be closed at least through the end of March. This leaves parents in a positionContinue reading “Starting Seeds with Kids at Home”
Recommended Seeds to Start with Kids
Radishes: quick germination and harvest time (approx. 2 months) Peas: Spring and Fall weather crop very easy to grow Lettuce: quick germination and harvest (leaf lettuce can be harvested once leaves are 4 inches long) Tomatoes: quick to germinate, but won’t harvest until summer time Zinnias: this flower germinates and grows quickly Marigolds: pretty ornamentalContinue reading “Recommended Seeds to Start with Kids”
Starting Tomatoes Inside
Before you start your seeds indoors, you need to know your last frost date. My last frost date is April 24th. It is generally recommended that you should start tomato seeds 6-8 weeks before your last frost. Go to Farmer’s Almanac and put in your zip code to find your last frost date. Then IContinue reading “Starting Tomatoes Inside”
How to Acclimate Seedlings
Before your plants can live outside full time they must be acclimated. Acclimating or “hardening off” your plants means that your plants need to adjust to your outside environment. It seems kind of tedious, but it’s the difference between having dead plants and thriving plants. Once the daytime temperatures are in the 60’s, it’s timeContinue reading “How to Acclimate Seedlings”
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