Teach Your Veggies: Five Tips for Better Eating through Gardening with Kids
I’m no licensed child psychologist. My kid-rearing experience stems from a sample size of one young, lanky legged son. Still, I feel confident in proclaiming, after these past seven years of Wisconsin gardening with Liam, that kids will eat anything they have a connection to growing or harvesting themselves. A simple equation: the more we can get kids into the garden, the better we eat and the more our nation’s health improves.
Engaging kids in the garden requires a sprinkle of extra thought toward ways to create a child-friendly growing space. With a dash of creativity, edible education opportunities can grow as quickly as a Midwest zucchini in July. Here are some five easy, bite-sized ideas:
1. Plant Easy Pickings
Plant vegetables that are low-level, easy picking for kids.
