Square Foot Gardening with Kids: Learn Together: - Gardening Basics - Science and Math - Water Conservation - Self-sufficiency - Healthy Eating

by Mel Bartholomew

Overview

Mel Bartholomew's top-selling Square Foot Gardening books have made his revolutionary garden system available to millions of people.

In Square Foot Gardening with Kids, Mel reveals his tips, tricks, and fun projects in one of his most cherished pursuits: teaching youngsters to build and grow a SFG of their own.

The easy geometry of the gridded box breaks the complex world of gardening into digestible bites for enthusiastic young learners, and the sequence of tasks required to grow plants from seeds is repeatable and reassuring.

Kids learn many valuable life lessons when tending their own garden — such as the importance of following instructions and doing your chores, basic skills like counting and water conservation, and learning to appreciate the nature of food and why it is important to respect it.

Most importantly though, they learn that growing your own food is both fun and rewarding.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591865940
Publisher:	Cool Springs Press
Publication date:	03/15/2014
Series:	All New Square Foot Gardening Series , #5
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	646,174
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	2 - 18 Years

About the Author

Mel Bartholomew was the founder and inventor of the Square Foot Gardening method and the author of All New Square Foot Gardening, the best-selling gardening book in America for a generation. The guide has sold 2.5 million copies since Bartholomew wrote the book in 1981. He hosted a PBS TV show for five years, and then was telecast for three more years on the Learning Channel and Discovery Network. Bartholomew presided over the nonprofit Square Foot Gardening Foundation, which encourages every household around the world to have a small garden and eat fresh, healthy vegetables that are uncontaminated. He passed away in May, 2016.

Mel Bartholomew developed the innovative square-foot approach to gardening back in the 1970s, first publishing on the subject a few years later. His follow-up title, All New Square Foot Gardening, was published in 2005 and has since made home gardening accessible to millions. He currently resides in California, while the Square Foot Gardening Foundation is located in South Carolina. www.squarefootgardening.com

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

Getting the Most Out of This Book 15

1 Kids and SFG Go Together Like Carrots & Tomatoes 18

2 Building Together: Making Your Own SFG Box 41

3 Getting Dirty: Making Mel's Mix is as Easy as (Mud) Pie 63

4 Miracle in a Box: The Thrill of Growing a Garden 75

5 The Reward 113

6 Digging Deeper: Reaching Out Beyond the Box 139

7 Kids Guide to Veggies & Herbs 157

Resources 185

Index 187

Meet Mel Bartholomew 190

Editorial Reviews

Like kitchen skills, good gardening can be taught early. That certainly applies to planning and creating the small, self-sufficient plots of the Square Foot Gardening movement. No one has been more active or influential in that movement than Mel Bartholomew, the author of the popular All New Square Foot Gardening. His latest book brings youngsters into the planter's process, teaching them the basics of a gridded box specialty perfect for their own small sizes. This talented veteran communicator covers everything in this trade paperback original; from seed planting and water conservation; to the science and math associated with growing; to harvesting, eating, and appreciating nature's bounty. We're certain too that the parents and teachers overseeing this process will learn a few things too about this ecologically sound method.

"What I liked best about this book was that it had a bunch of science explanations, diagrams and activities that could be used to integrate home and school gardening." – Thinking of Teaching blog (www.thinkingofteaching.blogspot.com)

"Square foot gardening, it turns out, is a great educational tool." - Bismarck Tribune

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