Budding child gardeners

Well I needn't have worried about not being able to garden atm. My little 4 year old dragged me out there this morning and did the following whilst tutting that it was messy (with supervision of safety scissors and thick kids gloves)
Correctly pruned three rose bushes - omg!!!
Swept the path
Picked up some crisp packets and put them in bin
Filled a large pot and planted some bulbs mixed in with sweet pea seds
Demanded a watering can daff soil was a bit dry!
I just sat in a garden chair flabbergasted!
They sure do pick up gardening quick and I am now surplus to requirements!

 

fabulous!!!

 

I remember potting up a plant when Willow was a toddler, showed her how to do it and then water it in. Soon as it was done she grabbed it and pulled it out again

 

When I first saw this thread title, I thought it was going to be instructions

Visions of kids running away from pruning knives

 

I felt a bit sorry for my lad the other day. He wanted to plant one of the black currant bushes we have in pots, but over the winter, with all the rain, the soil has gone pretty hard in place so he struggled to get his spade in to make a hole. He was so frustrated, and it didn't help that I kept telling him the spot he'd chosen was not a good place for it. In the end, I just told him to dig anywhere he likes, so he did, and he unearthed a massive ant colony, which amused him no end.

 

I love to hear of the kiddies having a go.....

I still follow my dad round even now

 

Same here. Not your dad though cos I don't know him My dad.

 

You'd follow my Dad Clue....even if it's only to put the labels back in the right pot....i do wish he'd wear his glasses

 

Labels? What are these things you speak of?

 

You know the ones Clue...white plastic things that are CLEARLY marked with the plant name on but somehow you find a Beefmaster tomato growing in a hanging basket

 

Nope. You've lost me there. I plant stuff and then remember what they are, until I forget.

 

i thought labels were those cloth things with words on on the back of clothes regards nijinski

 

its nice to know there are some budding young gardeners out there. there,s too many kids going into the IT world. i'd hate to see a world without beautiful gardens. regards nijinski

 

You can make great labels out of pegs (Woden) and if u use dolly ones with pens little one can make pot decorations like pirates etc clueless