How to make a vegetable patch with children so that they can
grow and harvest their own food! Here’s what we did: On the
opposite side of the lawn to the play garden, my wonderful Dad
and brother dug out a semi-circular patch from the grass and
turned over the soil to loosen it up. We mixed in a whole bag of
compost enriched with natural nutrients and turned them over
together to mix them. Next, the girls helped me to dig some
little holes around the outside edge and we planted a border of
box hedges. These will grow together to create a bushy, neat
border if we keep them trimmed, and can even be shaped in a few
years time! (Thanks to my wonderfully green-fingered friend
Tineke for this lovely idea!) Then they helped dig some more
holes and we planted some vegetable plants that we bought at the
garden centre. We planted broad beans, runner beans, peas,
gourds and wildflowers. They stuck some bamboo canes into the
ground as future supports for the climbers and as they start to
grow we will secure them. Right n