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GREEN THUMBS GREEN THUMBS A Kid’s Activity Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Gardening LAURIE CARLSON Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Carlson, Laurie M., 1952- Green thumbs : a kid’s activity guide to indoor and outdoor gardening / Laurie Carlson — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-55652-238-X 1. Gardening—Juvenile literature. 2. Nature craft—Juvenile literature. 3. Handicraft—Juvenile literature. 4. Cookery—Juvenile literature. [1. Gardening. 2. Nature craft. 3. Handicraft. 4. Cookery.] I. Title. SB457.C27 1995 635—dc20 94-41895 CIP AC The author and the publisher disclaim all liability incurred in connection with the use of the information contained in this book. Interior illustrations by Sean O’Neill Typography by MobiGraphics, Inc., Chicago, Illinois ©1995 by Laurie Carlson All rights reserved First edition Published by Chicago Review Press, Incorporated 814 North Franklin Street Chicago, Illinois 60610 ISBN-13: 978-1-55652238-3 ISBN-10:1-55652-238-X Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 “We can never have enough of nature.” —Thoreau For my husband, Terry Contents INTRODUCTION PLANTING BASICS How Plants Drink Tool Time Tool Tote Watering Your Plants Make a Scoop Make Straight Rows Plant Labels Plant Hats Prepare a Garden Spot (Indoor and Outdoor) Create Some Compost (Outdoor and Indoor) Sow Some Seeds Indoors Seedling Pots Mini Greenhouse Seeds in a Sack Divide & Multiply Amazing African Violet Colorful Coleus Jade Tree PESKY PESTS Homemade Bug Sprays Soap Spray Garlic Spray Soda Spray Slug Trap Pest Strips Windmills Silly Scarecrows What About Weeds? GARDEN PARTNERS Build a Birdhouse Feed the Birds Make a Garden Pond Butterfly Garden Bring on the Bees Other Insect Friends Praying Mantis Ladybugs Green Lacewings Wonderful Worms Helpful Plants TASTY IDEAS Sprout Farm Chinese Stir Fry Eat Your Flowers! Nasturtium Salad Flower Petal Candy Carrot Cake Vegetable Soup FUN WITH HERBS Dry Some Herbs Sun Tea Herb Tea Tasty Tomatoes Herbed Eggs Herbed Butter Dill Dip Sage Cheese Spread Pretty Herb Jars Herb Pillows Herbal Soap GROW SOME FUN Grow Your Name Goofy Gourds Brighten Your Day—With Bulbs Crafty Crocus Meat-Eating Plant in a Jar Jungle Crazy Cucumber in a Bottle Here Kitty, Kitty! Weightlifting Super Seeds Sack of Spuds Peanuts in a Pot Grow a Bean Tent MAKE & DO PROJECTS Garden Diary Plenty of Pots Plant Your Dinner Avocado Sweet Potato Pineapple Garlic Garlic Braid Dish Garden Blooming Branches Topiary Sprout a Silly Pet Tiny Trees: Bonsai Grow an Easter Basket Make a Flower Press Frame a Leaf Make a Doll Collection Cornhusk Doll Bean Doll Grow Some Mold Awesome Algae Yeast Plants Make Some Money Garden Sounds THINK AHEAD! Save Some Seeds Grow Some History Trees FUTURE GARDENS RESOURCES Addresses Books & Magazines INDEX OF PLANTS INTRODUCTION Welcome to the wonderful world of gardening! With a few seeds, some water, and soil, you’ll be growing plants of your own in no time. As you enjoy the beauty of watching your plants grow a leaf at a time, you will learn about nature, about where living things come from. Gardening is a hobby that everyone in your family can take part in, and once you learn how to make things grow, it’s an activity you can have fun with for the rest of your life. An outdoor garden is a great way to get exercise and fresh air. You can be in the fresh air and imagine what it’s like to live on a farm. This doesn’t mean that you have to have a backyard to be a full-fledged gardener. If you have a windowsill with plenty of sunlight, you have most of what you need to start planting. When you are the gardener, you can choose what you want to grow. Try growing some healthy food. No tomato from the grocery store is as tasty as the one that grew right before your eyes! Or you might want to plant flowers. It’s fun to watch a little green sprout blossom into a colorful flower. You’re the one who decides—you can do both. Whether your garden is in a plot in the yard or a pot by a window, whether it’s a bean plant or an African violet—you’ll learn about how plants live and grow, and you’ll enjoy some good things to eat and pretty flowers to gaze at. By planting a garden, you’ll discover many exciting things about nature right away: how the weather, temperature, and seasons affect all living things; how living things come out of seeds and soil; how the birds, earthworms, bees, and toads help in the garden; how our whole environment works together like an amazing puzzle. So get up and get ready to plant. As budding gardeners, we’re going to get in touch with the world we live in!
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