Vegetable gardening may not be financially profitable during your first season
The post Vegetable gardening may not be financially profitable during your first season appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. I was thinking back to my first vegetable gardening experience in...
View ArticleGoing on a worm hunt
The post Going on a worm hunt appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. We had a good rainstorm the night before and my wife was returning from a neighbors house and noticed a bunch of worms...
View ArticleGardening with kids
The post Gardening with kids appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. The appeal of working in the garden has always been natural to my daughters. But then again what could be better than going...
View ArticleGrowing potatoes with kids
The post Growing potatoes with kids appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. I was checking out our pantry I noticed some of our potatoes were starting to sprout. I took this as a great...
View ArticleReleasing ladybugs in your garden
The post Releasing ladybugs in your garden appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. When we started my garden at my our current house my daughters and I noticed we didn’t have any ladybugs...
View ArticlePlanning a butterfly garden
The post Planning a butterfly garden appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. I got the word this weekend we had enough vegetables and not enough flowers in our garden beds so got the idea to...
View ArticleLadybugs in the garden
The post Ladybugs in the garden appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. The girls finally noticed the ladybugs had arrived at Home Depot, so today we had our second annual garden ladybug...
View ArticlePicking orange tomatoes
The post Picking orange tomatoes appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. My youngest daughter has been very excited waiting to pick our tomatoes. She picked a green one a couple weeks back...
View ArticleGoose cucumber
The post Goose cucumber appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. My 4 year old called this our goose cucumber, I think I see it.
View Article3rd Annual Ladybug release
The post 3rd Annual Ladybug release appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. In case you missed the first and second annual lady bug release, you can follow those posts. We have never had a...
View ArticleKids eating vegetables from the garden
The post Kids eating vegetables from the garden appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. One of my many reasons for growing a vegetable garden was to encourage my daughters (four and seven) to...
View ArticlePicking strawberries in the garden
The post Picking strawberries in the garden appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. In the past couple years we have grown strawberries the story has been my oldest daughter salivating over the...
View ArticleGrowing sprouts in a Mason jar
The post Growing sprouts in a Mason jar appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. My daughter was required to do a presentation which included an experiment using plants for school and of course...
View ArticleBig events this week
The post Big events this week appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. My four five year old has been patiently been waiting for the “color sunflower” she planted from seed at a friends house...
View ArticleTeaching children patience with gardening
The post Teaching children patience with gardening appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. It shouldn’t be a surprise that kids these days are not as patient as previous generations....
View ArticleScience Fair – Will smaller seeds sprout faster?
The post Science Fair – Will smaller seeds sprout faster? appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. This site was practically started because of my oldest daughters science fair project Why Don’t...
View ArticleBuild a ladybug house
The post Build a ladybug house appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. With a piece of cedar fence board and a few nails you can make your own ladybug house to give your army of aphid eaters I...
View ArticleEncourage Green Fingers (of the Tiny Variety)
The post Encourage Green Fingers (of the Tiny Variety) appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. There’s nothing quite like letting a child grow their own vegetables to encourage a fussy eater to...
View ArticleBeware of toddlers and seeds
The post Beware of toddlers and seeds appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. Tip to gardeners with two year olds, don’t keep you seeds on the counter within some little hands reach. I was at...
View ArticleGrowums seed gardening kit for kids review
The post Growums seed gardening kit for kids review appeared first on The Cheap Vegetable Gardener. I am a sucker for kids seed growing kits especially when I pass by them on clearance. The one I...
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