Gardening with young kids (& Outdoor Play Party)

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It's Outdoor Play Party again and we've been gardening.  If you've been outside with kids then link up below.

Last year Champ really enjoyed growing tomatoes, then at Preschool he began to enjoy digging up potatoes and declared that he loved gardening so to encourage his new found 3yr old passion I decided that perhaps this year I too should learn to garden.  

It's been fun, we've made lots of mistakes, but I've also learnt lots too namely how to garden with kids.  Here are my top tips for gardening with young kids.

Kid made flower planting kit

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In May we have lots of family birthday's and this year I'm trying to make as many homemade presents as possible.  What can be better than a handmade present from your Grandchild / nephew.  As we are big on gardening at the moment we thought we'd try our hand at making some flower kits that I'd seen in a kids activity book we have.  Here's how they turned out....

Planting with kids - milk jug herbs

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This year we've been enjoying doing a bit of gardening with the boys, mostly fruit and vegetables so I'm delighted to be sharing our milk jug herbs with the Planting with Kids Blog Hop (join up below if you've been planting with kids).

We recycled our milk jugs into plant containers for growing some herbs, here's what we did...