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Post by Jardack on Aug 8, 2007 20:50:48 GMT
Just a proud mummy here, we went to the Arboretum and to a GC today for a nosy around and she managed to recognise plants which we have in our garden - without any prompting from me (cos I hadn't seen them) So  for her  nothing like starting them off young!! Jardack |
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Post by Chuckles on Aug 8, 2007 21:03:27 GMT
Oh bless how lovely. Keep encouraging her JD Plockets LP is a keen little gardener she has her very own raised bed too ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2007 21:46:53 GMT
my husband exclaimed today that he was amazed at how much our 5 year old son knows about our garden.
little one apparently told him that the purple plant that dad was amazed at was a buddleia but he didnt like it as much as the white one over there!!!!
hubby was shocked as he didnt even know we had buddleia.
i on the other hand was not amazed as my son has done nothing but follow me round our small garden for the last five years!!!
xxxx
keep on encouraging the little ones.
xxx
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Post by Tig on Aug 8, 2007 22:32:04 GMT
Don't they always amaze  My kids seemed to take no notice of my gardening efforts when they were youngsters - nowadays they are both keen on growing - quite often the shrubs and plants I put in the garden when they were little are now to be found in theirs! My Grandkids enjoy wandering round the garden with me, and picking fresh veg is always a treat - peas, baby carrots and radish seldom make it back to the kitchen! Tig |
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Post by Plocket on Aug 9, 2007 18:05:34 GMT
That's BRILLIANT Jardack - they are never too young to learn especially about important things like gardening ;D
LP can say Verbena Bonariensis now, as well as recognise it. I gave mum some last year and mum STILL can't say it ;D And as you say Tigridia they love pottering about and piccing veggies and fruit. The trouble is that where the soft fruits are concerned, very little actually gets to the house, but there are always tell-tale signs on fingers and mouths!!!
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Post by isabella on Aug 9, 2007 18:19:46 GMT
I think it's wonderful jardack ;D
Lily always goes home with something from the garden - at the moment she is 'into' cucumbers , Livingstone daisies and sweet peas ;D
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Post by Plocket on Aug 9, 2007 18:24:10 GMT
I think LP's first foray into "gardening" was picking daisies - like many children probably. She used to call them "daydees". My little niece was picking daisies and buttercups from the lawn today but they are all "dayzees" to her, including the dandylions!!! It gives me such a thrill when then just take notice of their surroundings |
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Post by isabella on Aug 9, 2007 18:27:14 GMT
Lily loves to smell the flowers when we go down the garden - she screws her little nose up to have a sniff of them ;D
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Post by Plocket on Aug 9, 2007 18:32:33 GMT
Oh I can just imagine it! Has she had a yellow nose after sniffing lillies yet? ;D
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Post by isabella on Aug 9, 2007 18:40:06 GMT
Not yet ;D
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Post by Jardack on Aug 9, 2007 19:16:05 GMT
awww thanks everyone I am encouraging them both as much as I can and like most the others they are really into picking and tasting!! The toms are a fav followed closely by the strawberries and plums!! Plocket - I can't say Verbena Bonariensis so well done to LP!! they love smelling the chocomocha cosmos at the minute to see if it smells chocolatey ;D Jardack |
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Post by Plocket on Aug 10, 2007 7:30:08 GMT
Keep us posted with their development Jardack - it's so exciting. Herbs are a good thing to sniff too, and some of them they can taste of course - LP can't get enough parsley or basil ;D
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Post by Jardack on Aug 10, 2007 18:49:37 GMT
Plocket your post reminded me, she was smelling all the different things in the garden saying how nice they were, till she got to the curry plant... which she really wasn't impressed with ;D
She now avoids that plant....
Jardack
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Post by Plocket on Aug 11, 2007 17:51:57 GMT
I can't say I blame her Jardack - I loathe the stuff too!!! ;D But it's good to find things that she doesn't like, as well as things she likes - it's all part of learning |
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nothing like starting them off young!!
