Now that you are done with building kit homes, perhaps it is now time to pay attention to the lawn and garden. Gardening together with the family is not merely about attaining happiness but is also a way to connect with the environment, emphasize the importance of nature and strengthen each other’s relationships as well. Indeed, garden activities with the family sum as a social activity, hands-on mode of learning and a leisure preference for everyone. Although there are strategies on how we can have our garden during all kinds of season, it is during summertime when garden activities for families works best. One cause is that family members gain more free time during this season therefore they can try some garden activities more frequently creating better results.
Meanwhile, if you are currently seeking for a more meaningful family bonding, garden activities may be the answer. Activities may be from arranging the furniture to planting new plants – simply put it can be a lot of fun. To help, below are some of the most recommended alternatives or the leading garden activities which you and your family may consider:
Do some garden improvements. Gardens, apart from plants, are not all about soils, rocks and fences. A family can decorate their home garden of their kit homes as another worthwhile bustle. Children can effectively participate in embellishing stones to make personalized markers that would protect the plants by prohibiting people to walk inside or near the plots. You may also involve them in deciding where to place your new outdoor furniture. Moreover, with enough guidance from their parents, children can also help in painting fences. Also, building and improving beds or plots and making some arches with branches of plants are other ways on how one can beautify a garden at home. Absolutely, this is one creative activity for the family.
Grow plants. Since potato is a kid-favorite vegetable, this activity would pledge their utmost dedication from them. By using either a chicken wire or an existing wood fence, growing potatoes would not have to hurt the parent’s back. Also, it’s a good remedy for those who lack space for a potato plot. The kids can help in planting some potato seed (or those with sprouts) or a potato itself. Furthermore, after san estimate of about ten weeks, harvesting potatoes would be a rewarding experience for all. Both parents and kids would enjoy digging some.
Make your own mini herbarium. A herbarium is known as a museum of preserved plants which are used for some botanical researches. For example, since flower pressing does not require any equipment, a family can start this activity by simply picking some flowers together and have it pressed properly. It’s guaranteed that both kids and their parent would find creating a herbarium as one good source of fun. Also, since the collected and pressed items would be placed in a paper and with a label, kids can learn some as well.
Try preserving food items which can be harvested. Parents may educate their children on how to make such harvests lasts by letting them help to dry some pumpkin seeds, berries, corns and other food items found in a home garden. Also, freezing and burying some harvested products with children to help is an additional enjoyable way on how to save some money, emphasize the importance of saving, improving one’s resourcefulness and valuing all the efforts which are required before a harvest would take place.
Evidently, considering some garden activities with the family can reap several benefits for all. Gardening teaches us a lot of life necessities including the importance of patience, a good sense of responsibility and the satisfaction of a job well done.
