Spring Vegetables for Beginners

Spring Radish Seedlings

What are the best spring vegetables for beginners in the garden? Which vegetables do kids enjoy? When should you plant? Where is the best place to buy seeds? I will try to answer some of these questions. Please share your experience too.

3 Easy Spring Vegetables to Grow

These 3 spring vegetables are the [...]

A Guide to Happy Family Gardening

This is a book review of A Guide to Happy Family Gardening by Tammerie Spires.

A Guide to Happy Family Gardening is a slim, readable, paperback book published by Good Books. This book was first published in 1999 (Amazon.com incorrectly states that it was published in 1969). Although it is not in stock at Amazon.com you [...]

50 Under $10 Books for Nature Kids

reading is fun by John-Morgan

A list of under $10 nature books for kids. As well as seeing nature while playing outdoors kids need to learn about nature from books.

Books prompt the kind of questions which start great nature conversations and help kids learn and place their knowledge in context. Every one of these under [...]

5 Ways to Winter Bird Watch with Kids

binoculars by plindberg

Winter is a great time to bird watch with kids in your nature garden and beyond. In winter, with the leaves off the trees, birds are more visible. Also, some birds may be winter visitors to your area – winter will be the only time to see them.

Watch Birds from Indoors or [...]

Chocolate and Candies to Make

Looking for more meaningful gift giving? Many families are turning to hand-making their own gifts. Food gifts are truly consumable, a gift appreciated by even the person who has everything. What could be better than involving kids in cooking up some handmade candies and chocolates to share with family and friends?

Learn to Make Chocolate Treats

Do [...]