Kids Garden

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• Wild Blackberries

  I have a small area that I tilled up and planted a garden in a couple of years ago. I didn't plant this year and some wil blackberries have appeared and the kids love them. They are just little vines and are generally only 12 to 18 inches long. Are… More

• School Garden!!!

  Hello Everyone... My name is Abby and I work for an elementary afterschool program... So as one of our activities I want to start a garden with the kids... We have been given a space to do it at.. but I don't know how to go about in planning or… More

• Newbie here.

  I failed to see the introduction thread yesterday and put my newbie message in the Family thread. I know I know, how dumb can she get!!?? Right? Well I love to garden, and read, and crochet, but most of all I love my kids and grandchildren. I have 6 kids,… More

• Hi

  I am new here to this forum and to gardening. As a kid my dad always had a wonderful country garden in our backyard. everything from flowers to veges to sunflowers. Now that I have my own place I would love to have a garden of my own for my… More

• new here

  hi all, just found this forum and would like to introduce myself. i am a mom of two young kids and also work out of the home, so right now dont have much time to garden! but i am looking forward to all the info and advice here... More

• Wondering about a flower

  We were working at the garden at my daughter's school this week and there was this awesome blue flower! It was blue and just gorgeous, but the bud was so distinctive. It was pentagonal shaped. Really cool! Anyway, I WANT ONE!! LOL! I didn't have my camera with me and… More

• Hello from Tennessee!!

  Hi! My name is Ed and my wife and I live in northern, middle Tennessee. We moved here from New Jersey about 2 years ago to be near the kids and grandkids. We've been working hard on our new home trying to get the basics in like grass and such… More

• The "kids" Playing outside Pets that is!

  I thought it would be fun to see everyone's pets in the garden ... dogs, cats, birds, fish,horses - any body got a pig?? I love the summer when the "kids" play outside all day!!! Rocco is our Boston Terrier - who is allergic to bee's but insist on trying… More

• 10 Signs You've Gone Over the Garden Edge

  10. Your favorite poem is "Roses are Red, Violets are Blue. 9. Your kids are named Rose, Violet, Daisy and Zucchini. 8. You have 8 X 10 family pictures of your Tomatoes and Peppers on your office shelf. 7. Your idea of Saturday Date Night is going out in the… More

• baby dogwood named sam help

  I was given a little pink blooming dogwood. I beleive that is what he is. You see he was given to me by the conservation department for free. When I recieved him I ws given about twenty trees of various brands. this little guy was in a ziplock all by… More

• Scared by my blank canvas...

  Ok, I just posted these under my intro. but really need them here (I think). We are closing on our new house next week and I have a totally blank canvas (as in dirt, not even irrigation lines yet!) to plan. I am a novice and quite frankly kinda scared… More

• New to Garden Guides

  Hello everyone, Just a little about me. I'm from Westbrook, Maine. I started gardening last year in containers. I loved it so this year I have made raised beds to give myself & partner 80 sq ft of veggie space. We also have a couple of flower beds and some… More

• Shade garden saved our home

  Today at around 4pm I got a phone call from my husband telling me our house had almost been burned down. Apparently some kids on Spring Break playing with fire in the woods by our house got careless. The fire chief told my husband that had we not cleared the… More

• My fun money home job!

  Just wanted to share I have found something to do from my computer to earn a little fun money - even while I'm doing other things online! Working as a guide for ChaCha.com It is alot of fun - not a huge money maker. I have made $20 past 2… More

• Starting my shade garden today!

  We have this large area on the east side of our house that was overgrown with invasive weeds and non native vines that were killing some of the small trees trying to grow. So my husband took a machete to them and cleared out a large space. He had built… More

• Projects for kids?

  My 8 year old wants to make something for our new garden this year. This is the first garden for both of us. Do any of you have any ideas on any simple and fun projects we could do together? Yard decorations, planters anything. She is very creative and I… More

• I would like to say hello to everyone. Hello!

  Hello everyone, I am new to garden guides but not new to gardening. I am 25 with 2 kids and have been gardening most of my life. I remember at 12 digging out the grass in one corner of the yard to plant some seeds that I got at an… More

• New member from Texas BrownThumb

  Hi everyone. I visited once or twice to learn from the community over the past yr or so. After a solid weekend getting geared up to garden (composting and weeding) - I joined in! I'm excited to learn more and grow more this year. I mostly like to grow things… More

• New to you :o)

  Hello everyone. Im so glad I found my way here. :evilB: : I am from Burlington Ontario and love to garden. I am slowly trying to turn my tiny corner of the universe into a tropical oasis. I love Brugmansias, cannas and Elephant ears .. so most of my garden… More

• New Here from Northern Nevada

  Hey folks, I just found this site and so far it seems a perfect fit for what I was looking for. I currently live in a duplex with my hubby and our dog, Nova. All the kids and grandkids are scattered and I have more time on my hands these… More

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