Describe an aspect of gardening to a child

I skipped the whole acid/alkaline/pH approach, and tackled it by explaining to my son that the plants find the food in the soil, and some plants don't like some flavours so they need different kinds of soil. Blueberry bushes don't like the kind of soil that most plants like, and most plants don't like blueberry soil.

 

When my granddaughter was about 3 see came to the allotment as usual when she was down for a break and I dug up some old fruit bushes,why are you doing that Granddad ,because they are too old and I said. But granddad we won't through you away when you get old will we.

 

I just spoke to a little girl who had no idea strawberries came from a plant and was shocked when I told her I grow them.

I seem to forget how little children know.

 

The biggest problem our population has is believing food comes from Asda !

(Other supermarkets are available.....)

 

I remember a friend telling me how his young daughter became vegetarian.

Apparently she came home from school one day and proclaimed with horror, 'daddy, chicken is made out of chickens!

True, but it cracked me up.