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- From: "Brian and Jacqueline Potzkai" <potzkai AT hotmail.com>
- To: market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
- Subject: Re: Kids in the garden-kids gardening book
- Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 11:00:33 -0800
Sue, thanks for the suggestions - you have imaginative children. My boys love to dig as well, they too spent hours at this activity, I had to put up warning flags on some of their holes so that my PYO customers wouldn't injure themselves!
We live in BC, Canada. Unfortunately our government has gone to the extreme as far as families go. There was one incident up North where a little boy was admitted to the hospital - his parents broke his ribs. After four months of the parents attending anger management and drug programs the boy went back home. Shortly after they took his life. Ministry quickly relieved the manager of children and family from his position and promoted him to a head position in our provinces capital. All under cover, I had found out because I had bumped into him while working for an aboriginal group here. Sad. Now because of the problem with abuse the Ministry has created another problem of a that is having a larger impact - so many parents are afraid to parent. I believe there has to be an even balance somewhere.
From: Sue <swtgrssfrm AT nls.net>
Reply-To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Kids in the garden-kids gardening book
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 13:09:54 -0500
Jacqueline,
The title of the book is Sunflower Houses, Garden Discoveries for Children of all Ages
by Sharon Lovejoy. There are some real cute ideas like a ABC garden, a miniature garden
and lots of other theme gardens. I don't know how practical it is for you but some of
them may be simple enough the kids can do it on their own.
One summer I gave my daughter a small plastic aquarium and she went about capturing
predator and prey bugs for her own eco-system. She loved it! We had a little mini
compost pile in one corner and some earthworms. She would hunt for hours to find the
right bugs to put in there. It was small enough she was able to carry it around with
her. It might be good for your older kids. My boys were always happiest if they could
be digging! They would spend the summer up to their eye balls in dirt! They would
pretend they were digging for treasure. They also played indians alot. I would give
them a few props to play with such as some feathers and headbands and then let them go.
My kids love to play pioneers so they would gather food for the winter and take it back
to their 'cabin' (tent). The little one would usually tag along with them.
I liked my kids to work in the garden but I got the most work done when they would
play where I could see them but not entertain them.
I am sorry to hear you have to be so careful around your government officals.
What a shame. Where are you?
Sue
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Re: Kids in the garden-kids gardening book,
Sue, 02/07/2001
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