Level Your Little Green Thumbs

from Mum's Mail Johannesburg - June 2020

Book Reviews by Bargain

In celeb ration of You th Day on June ge t kids dabb 16, Life is a Gard ing for dirt! en is on a miss ion to T his month is all about sun lover attracts buttertheme for their gardening enticing little green flies and bees, and flowers adventure. Give them a thumbs to get their nature during autumn, winter, and large pot or a designated on by integrating familiar early spring-time. area in the garden. Invite gaming concepts into the Iceland poppies (Papatheir imaginations to run world of gardening. We’re ver naudicaule): A wow wild at the possibility of a talking all about inspiring factor flora that is availzombie, troll, mermaid, or kids to see gardening as a able in many shades and fairy garden! Once you’ve real-life gaming opportunity, bicoloured varieties, easy planted your seeds, it’s all where they select the playto grow in full sun, flowers about patience. While you ers, choose their weapons, in winter and spring, makes wait, start a growing chart and use that thirst for adfor a great cut flower. with your child to document venture to their advantage Wild mint (Mentha longifothe growth of their game by creating themed worlds. lia): Smells amazing and has players. Whether they are Selecting possible players many uses, a fast grower in into fantasy or fighting, rac

By this, we mean choossemi-shade or full sun, the ing or resurrection, bringing ing the best-suited crop for more you harvest, the more the virtual world of gaming your kid. A visit to your local they grow! into real-life gardening can GCA Garden Centre easily Sugar snap peas (Pisum be an exciting and engaging becomes an exciting mornsativum var. macrocarpon): project for every child. Not ing outing when the kids And easy, great tasting vegonly will it get them outdoors get to select the players for etable for winter growing and promote a healthy their gardening game-play. in full sun. It’s frost hardy, lifestyle, but it also offers opHere’s a list of a few worthy likes to climb and loves to portunities for quality time, contenders, which are relabe picked. sharing of knowledge, and a tively easy to grow and fun Creating a world of wonder whole new appreciation for to harvest: Give your child some garthe many wonders of Mother amaqualand daisies dening tools and it’s time to Nature! (Dimorphotheca sinuata): create their world! EncourVisit www.lifeisagarden.co.za for more This colourful and quirky age them to think about a ideas.