Mint is a good plant for children to grow in the garden, because it is:
* tough – can stand hoeing, pulling etc
* vigorous – grows quickly, so is satisfying
* frequently used – making it seem worthwhile
* safe to handle – no thorns or allergies
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Find a small area which can be handed over to the child.
Mark it off with sticks, stones or bricks
Help clear the weeds & dig the soil
Plant runners of mint, begged from a neighbour, or from the garden center
Water well
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Remember to ask for supplies of mint, from the child gardener, for:
* flavouring new potatoes, peas etc
* salads
* mint sauce – chop the mint, just cover with boiling water, add
Equal quantities of vinegar & a spoon of sugar
* mint jelly – add chopped mint to a lemon jelly, or apple jelly
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Hello,
What a wonderful Blog you have created!
I wanted to let you know about a national campaign I am spearheading to help stimulate a national move towards growing more of our food closer to home. As you know, as the economic challenges continue to grow, more and more Americans are considering getting involved in local food production.
As a way to help to accelerate this trend, we have started a very simple campaign called “One Million Gardens” who’s goal is:
To identify, encourage, and document the creation of at least 1,000,000 food gardens throughout the U.S. in 2009.
I was curious if you would take a look at the site, add your garden to the list, and let others know about this campaign. It is also my hope that we can show the Obama administration the growing numbers of people involved in this work and help shift national policies to help encourage these activities.
Thank you for your work and I hope you will encourage others to add their gardens to this growing list.
Comment by Zev Paiss — March 3, 2009 @ 10:33 pm
Hi Zev
Thanks for your comment on TopVeg alerting us to your onemilliongarden campaign. Terriffic goal & we would love to add our garden – but it is in the UK.
We will advertise your site and encourage people to sign up. We are all for helping people grow veg – by making it easy for them so that they will keep at it!
Good luck
TopVeg
Comment by TopVeg — March 4, 2009 @ 10:06 am
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