Cultivating a very tiny Baltimore green thumb
May 30th, 2008 by admin
Cultivating a green thumb can be tricky if you have a black thumb as my mom puts it. So what is a green thumb? A green thumb is when someone is good at taking care of plants and helping them grow. Now how do you cultivate one? To cultivate one you have to learn by reading and doing. How do you do this in a city?
Go to a local garden store and look at all the plants. Then pick the ones that you like and go pick up some books from the library on those plants. Now you can start your own garden at home.
We live in an apartment so we can’t grow a garden out side so we bring the outside in. House plants are a great tool for kids to learn how things grow, and can teach them responsibility. Teach your kids how to take care of the plant and then let them do it. Let them be responsible for feeding and watering it. Then if it dies better the plant then the family pet.
My little man and I have also grown vegetables out on our balcony. Plant some vegetables in some pots, and let them watch as the vegetables grow. They love this. Let them be the ones to pick the vegetables when they are ripe. You can also then use them for cooking and snacks. Maybe then you could get your kids to eat there vegetables.
There are many local parks and we also have our state parks that you can visit. I love going to Downs park in Pasadena. It is a park that sits on the water. Your kids will have fun exploring the woods and the water. They also have a playground. For this trip grab some snacks, and a small container that your kids can us to collect things in. After you get home get out your books on plants, animals, rocks and let the kids see what they have found.
You can also visit Harpers Ferry the National Historical Park that sits in West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia. I always enjoy going there. You can stand on the Maryland shore line and see the shores of the other two states. It is a big beautiful park that you and your kids can run through and explore. This makes a great day trip so make sure that you take a lunch and plenty of water.
