Three summer holiday gardening activities for kids, growing food and good for novice gardeners. Food for Kids Podcast 2026
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Joanne shares three easy gardening projects for kids that can be done during the summer holiday.
In this episode Joanne gives you three easy growing projects to choose from that can still be done at this time of year, work well with children helping, and don't need any special equipment or knowledge, literally just a cheap grow bag of compost. Idea one - windowsill pea shoots Idea two - rescuing supermarket herbs Idea three - Christmas potatoes Links in the episode: Growing peashoots: https://www.thefoodies.org/how-to-grow-pea-shoots/ Growing basil cuttings in water: https://youtu.be/y0f5yl2ZMqM?si=TlRgohFJQBMVyJ1q Rescuing supermarket herbs: https://www.ruralsprout.com/keep-supermarket-herbs-thriving/ Growing Christmas potatoes: https://www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/potatoes/growing-for-festive-season Video on growing potatoes in bags: https://youtu.be/Tu3Ob2KtLy8?si=aF0keQUmhYJHQvXN - Music "Happy Days" by Simon Folwar via Uppbeat
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