Our daughter (Jenny) is always looking for ways to engage her two-year-old (Jax) "in the process" and so while teaching him where food comes from, they visited with a Master Gardener at their local store. He explained the best way to "container garden" (since they have absolutely no yard and were going to be using their deck for this project) and the best crops for a 2-year-old (ones that sprout quickly and could be harvested soonest).She didn't hold out any unrealistic expectations - as good a little guy as he is, it was difficult to explain "little bit of water" and that maybe "the field" didn't need to be raked every day.
But it appears that the efforts have been "fruitful" (so far) as Jax harvested (and ate!) his first radishes recently (they're a bit "spicy" when eaten alone, he reports, but good when sliced up in a salad) and yesterday he even had a salad of his own lettuce and radishes!
From the photo, you can see he's doing quite a good job with his "apartment garden"!
~later, tw
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