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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Woodland Hills California
Real Estate</span>
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Get Your Kids Thumbs Greener</span> <big
style="background-color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span
style="font-weight: bold;"></span></big>: As we
are preparing our gardens for spring and summer,
Now is a good time to get your
kids interested in gardening , taking advantage of gardening moments
with your kids every week in your own yard without competing
with
the TV and other activities they are involved in is importent, this is
your time with them.<br>
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<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Here
are some helpful tips</span>:<br>
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Since kids are into instant gratification start with a flat of
annual flowers. The reward in immediate.<br>
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</span>Choose<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
</span> unusual plants such as : pink potatoes, orange
cauliflower, find edible flowers and herbs, such as basil, <br>
fragrant plants as lemon basil and
orange thyme. to engage all the senses. <br>
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Kids, even older ones, like hiding places, so grow them one in the
garden. here are two ideas: Plant tall-growing
Sun Flower seeds in a
circle, leaving space for a "door" that kids
can crawl through once the flowers have grown
<br>
10 feet high. or build a simple tepee out of fallen tree
branches
or gardening stakes and plant bean seeds around the
outside.<br>
beans grow fast, and and very soon the children
will have a secret hiding <img
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</span>A birdbath or a small shallow pond will bring
critters like frogs to enter the garden, which will will in turn draw <br>
your children out there too.<br>
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If tools attract them let them dig holes for the stakes.<br>
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The kids will notice the changes in the garden, encourage and
help them track them on a calender, in a
<br>
journal or with photographs.
Pay attention to the birds and
insects in the garden too.<br>
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Build a scarecrow together, build a birdhouse, make personalized
stepping stones to mark the pathways in the
garden.<br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><big>* </big>
</span>Plan a garden that is based on a child's favorite story
book, like The Very Hungry Catapillar or The tale Of <br>
Peter The Rabbit.<br>
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You can find more information on how to engage your kids in gardening
at: www.kidagardening.org<br>
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California Real Estate - Get Your Kids Thumbs Greener.</span>
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