{"id":120360,"date":"2021-02-13T14:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/theres-a-world-of-wonder-to-explore-great-ways-to-get-kids-into-gardening\/"},"modified":"2021-02-13T15:11:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T08:11:59","slug":"theres-a-world-of-wonder-to-explore-great-ways-to-get-kids-into-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/theres-a-world-of-wonder-to-explore-great-ways-to-get-kids-into-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018There\u2019s a world of wonder to explore\u2019: great ways to get kids into gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWant to give your children green fingers? Start here, from turning a sweet potato into a houseplant to making a watering can and moreI started gardening before I could ride a bike. I was encouraged to pull plants apart, to look closely; I was given space to play with them rather than actually grow them. As it turned out, I picked up many skills.A lot of gardening is not much fun for children \u2013 particularly in early spring, when it\u2019s all wet, slimy leaves, cold fingers and endless weeds that are hard to pull. But while gardening right now might be tiresome, but plants aren\u2019t. There\u2019s a world of wonder to explore. Here are projects using materials that are easy to find \u2013 and which can all be done indoors because, let\u2019s face it, it will probably be raining. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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