Photo by empract First off let me say that if you haven’t been loitering around your local farmer’s market – get the to one straightaway. Buy fresh and buy local. Good stuff, my friends. Farmers’ markets give kids a chance to learn about fresh food and how it arrives from the grower to their dinner [...]

Photo by Pink Sherbet I think one of the reasons that kids take easily to gardening is that there’s always surprising things happening in the garden. Seasonal changes bring unexpected events such as volunteers (unexpected plants) and fascinating creatures like praying mantises and the bright green chrysalises of Monarch butterflies. They’ll find plants that have [...]

Written by Chris McLaughlin | Kids Safe Landscape It’s hard not to notice how well kids and nature get along. Part of the fascination is due to the wildlife that kids can find in their own backyards. Remind them to keep their eyes open for butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies, birds, frogs, toads, bees, crickets, beetles, lizards [...]