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Category: Sharing the Joy with Others | Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:48 pm

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I've been table top farming with my little daycare group. They love it. My dad gave me an [edited] and I set it up and discovered that I LIKE it! I'm not much for things with technological bells and whistles...but I really enjoyed the process. Of course I'm thinking of ways to use it without having to buy all of the little designer props that go with it. The mini hydroponic garden is really attracting the attention of several of the most unlikely candidates...my middle school tutoring students. GREAT! Of course, they'll get the entire A to Z of my latest gardening exploits upon showing the least bit of interest, so beware, my students!

I'm most proud of the paper towel roll plant pots and the seeds that I saved from last year's garden.I guess I'm showing my roots.. (In the 70's we had a lot fewer hi tech gadgets!!) Any plastic containers (like salad boxes) are being immediately enlisted and added to my little farming table. One's filled with mesclun mix seedlings. The light from the [edited] seems to spill over and provide light for them as well...in fact it's made my crop of daikon radish sprouts absolutely blazing green and delicious!

Today one of my daycare students, a sweet little girl, decided that she was going hunting for worms to harvest and place lovingly in our outside garden. I was transplanting a tree and the kids were fascinated by the roots. We're also monitoring the banana peels we placed in the compost pile. The kids expect them to "turn into dirt" and check every day to see if they have magically done so!



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Droopy wrote on Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:00 pm:

I love to garden with children, and especially the ones that aren't used to gardening. They so love it, and go in for it with determination and curiosity. You're doing a grand job there.

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Jewell _2009 wrote on Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:48 am:

Good going sharing the garden. You are making memories for the children that they won't forget. I never thought too much about it when my son was little and we had a day care. At 29 my son has shared some of his memories and I was surprised at how much he enjoyed and remembered of those gardening days.

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Palm Tree wrote on Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:59 am:

That is just too sweet. Way to go.
As a teacher you are really teaching them life lessons in more ways than the usual run of the mill teaching. I am happy, impressed and I love the way they are all sharing in your experience.

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