Growing a window garden is a great way to get kids involved in plant science, but also indoor gardening is essential for us apartment dwellers! Did you know you can grow root vegetables indoors? One of the benefits of membership at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is that we receive their publications every so often. A…
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Gardening with Kids
Think you can't garden if you don't have a big yard? We live in an apartment with no yard but that doesn't stop us from gardening! Here you'll find indoor gardening ideas for kids, garden activities, even outdoor gardening that we do in our small community garden plot.
Life Cyle of a Pumpkin
Last year we had a volunteer mini pumpkin vine in our community garden plot. We kept one of the pumpkins and it has survived since last August sitting on our shelf. A few days ago Kiddo announced that he wanted to throw it away since it was moldy. Actually it wasn’t moldy, but I saw…
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Indoor Gardening Fun: Growing Beansprouts
As urban dwellers, we don’t have a yard but as someone who loves gardening I try to find fun indoor gardening projects to do with my kids. This is an immensely satisfying activity since it produces results so quickly. No waiting around days or weeks to see anything growing! Kiddo has been going to a…
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