| Bug-Off Wagon Garden |
From "DIY Kids"
episode DIK-101 |
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With a bug-off wagon garden, kids can make any corner of their yard look more colorful and discourage harmful bugs too. Just fill a wagon with fragrant plants that pesky bugs can't stand, such as lavender, rosemary, basil, sage, marigolds and Dahlberg daisies. Or try miniature sunflowers: birds will eat the seeds and stick around to eat harmful bugs. Hobby gardener Donna Hayes explains how to plant a bug-off wagon garden. Materials:
Wagon
Packing peanuts (not biodegradable)
Potting soil
Gloves
Garden trowel
Plants
- With a parent's permission, cover the wagon bottom with a single layer of packing peanuts (figure A).
- Scoop potting soil into the wagon until it's half full (figure B).
- Smooth out the soil.
- Add plants at various heights and of various colors (figure C).
- Add more soil around the plants to cover roots.
- Water your garden (figure D).
- Your bug-off wagon garden is ready to go.
RESOURCES :
The Picture Book of Kids Crafts and Activities
Model: 0809229684
Author: Roxanne Henderson
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
NTC Contemporary Publishing Co. (Quilt Digest Press)
Lincolnwood, IL 60646-1975
Phone: 847-679-5500
Fax: 847-679-2494
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