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Kids Garden!

Kids Garden!
by Avery Hart & Paul Mantell
Guide Rating -  
Pros  •  Kid-friendly and great for all ages
•  Covers both indoor and outdoor gardening
•  Many projects, recipes, crafts and fun-facts
Cons  •  Printed in black and white, no color pictures
The Bottom Line - This book is sure to get the kids interested and spark a love for gardening.

 
Product Description
•  For children ages 4 and up and their families.
•  Ready, Set, Grow: This chapter covers light, water, temperature, planning and tools.
•  Dig a Hole, Plant a Seed: Learn about planting and sprouting, soil, compost and worms.
•  Grow a Fast-food Salad: This fast growing garden will be ready to eat in just three weeks!
•  Munch! Crunch! Grow Your Lunch: Grow a mini-farm, a bean-pole tepee, and throw a harvest party.
•  Brilliant Bouquets!: Grow a bouquet garden, make a May basket, and learn to dry your flowers.
•  Green Housepets - Houseplants: Care for your house plants, play with them and grow a cactus garden.
•  Herbs for Oomph!: Growing and using herbs - from a cup of tea to an herbal bath.
•  Specialty Gardens: Open a butterfly cafe, grow a shade garden, a water garden, and grow a broom!
•  Trouble in Paradise: Learn all about bugs, both good and bad.
 
 
Guide Review
The Anytime, Anyplace Guide to Sowing & Growing Fun
This book is ideal for getting kids involved in all aspects of gardening. It includes many projects in the garden, in the kitchen and in the science lab! It has a lot of variety to hold interest and keep kids having fun and asking questions.

Kids grow an outdoor salsa garden, a fast-food salad window-box and build a houseplant zoo. As chefs in the kitchen, they cook up some Zucchini Drop Cookies, Stuffed Tomato Boats and make guacamole. As scientists, they learn about seed germination, phototropism and microbes.

This book is ideal for homeschoolers as it mixes gardening, cooking and learning together. It's a great way to get all ages working together, learning and having fun!

   
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