WE
WE ARE
WE ARE DOING OUR PART TO STATE SOCIALLY CONNECTED BUT
PHYSICALLY DISTANCE.
PHYSICALLY DISTANCE. I AM COMING TO YOU FROM MY
SNAZZY HOME SET UP.
AS WE LOOK FOR WAYS TO KEEP OUR
KIDS ENGAGED IN LEARNING DURING
THE QUARANTINE TIME WE THOUGHT
WE WOULD CHECK IN WITH
GARDENING AS AN ACTIVITY THAT
WE MIGHT ENJOY TOGETHER.
CHILDREN'S GARDENING INSTRUCTOR
LISA TAYLOR JOINS US NOW.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> I AM DOING FINE.
THE TIMING COULDN'T BE BETTER.
IF YOU WANT TO GROW A GARDEN.
IT COULD BE OCTOBER AND IT
WOULD BE ALL OVER.
SO, I AM HAVING FUN WORKING IN
MY GARDEN TRYING TO GET OUT AS
MUCH AS I CAN.
AND I HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT
VIRTUALLY AND TRYING TO
CONTINUE TEACHING FOLKS.
>> I THINK THAT IS SUCH AN
IMPORTANT THING TO THINK ABOUT.
WE CAN LEARN NEW STUFF DURING
THIS TIME ESPECIALLY THINGS WE
CAN DO AROUND THE HOUSE WITH
STUFF WE ALREADY HAVE.
WHAT IS YOUR GENERAL ADVICE FOR
STARTING GARDENING WITH KIDS?
>> WELL, IF YOU ARE BRAND-NEW
TO IT, IT'S GREAT.
EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE
LEARNING.
LEARNING.
LEARNING. GARDENING IS KIND OF A LEVEL
PLAYING FIELD.
PLAYING FIELD. EVERYONE CAN DO IT WELL.
SO I WOULD SAY START SMALL.
IF YOU COULD GET SOME STARTS
FROM THE FARMERS MARKET OR A
NURSERY OR THE GROCERY STORE,
THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO GET
GOING.
GOING.
GOING. SOME LETTUCE OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. START SMALL AND GIVE YOURSELF
PLENTY OF LEEWAY TO LEARN.
BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT.
TO THINK ABOUT.
>> THERE IS A LOT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SEED PLANTING.
FIRST OF ALL WHERE WE GET SEEDS
AND WHAT YOU WOULD SUGGEST.
>> WELL, WHILE I WAS HOME
THINKING, I GUESS I WILL START
A GARDEN, EVERYONE ELSE GOT
EXCITED ABOUT GARDENING AND
CONCERNED ABOUT IT, SO THERE
ARE STILL SEEDS OUT THERE, TO
BE FOUND, SEED HOUSES ARE VERY
BUSY SO YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT A
LITTLE WHILE.
LITTLE WHILE. THINK THE SEED LIBRARIES ARE
STARTING TO ACTIVATE A LITTLE
BIT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW
THEY CAN SHARE SOME SEEDS AND
STILL BEAT SOCIALLY DISTANT.
BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEDS
HANGING AROUND IN AN OLD
SHOEBOX.
SHOEBOX.
SHOEBOX. I WOULD SAY GIVE THOSE A TRY.
SEEDS LAST A LONG TIME.
I JUST BROUGHT OUT A FEW OF MY
SEED PACKETS, AND PLANTING MY
SEEDS INSIDE, SOME COOL SEASON
CROPS AND I AM STARTING MY
TOMATOES AND SQUASH INSIDE AND
IT WILL TRANSPLANT THOSE
OUTSIDE LATER.
OUTSIDE LATER. LOOK AROUND, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE
TO FIND STEVE'S SEEDS IN THE
CUPBOARD.
CUPBOARD.
CUPBOARD. BEANS, YOU COULD SPROUT THOSE.
OR SUNFLOWER SEEDS.
LOOK AROUND AND BE CREATIVE.
>> ARE THEY ONLINE?
CAN YOU ORDER THEM?
>> SEEDS?
>> SEEDS?
>> SEEDS? >> SEEDS, YES.
>> OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SEED
HOUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
BUT WE HAVE REALLY FIND
SELECTION, MAYBE A COUPLE DOZEN
OF SMALL, LOCAL,
OREGON/WASHINGTON SEED GROWERS
AND SEED HOUSES.
LOOK ONLINE.
LOOK ONLINE. I WILL PUT A LIST ON MY WEBSITE
IF FOLKS ARE INTERESTED.
I LIKE TO STAY LOCAL SO THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF LOCAL SOURCES
THAT I HAVE HAD GREAT LUCK
WITH.
WITH.
WITH. DEEP HARVEST IS FANTASTIC.
>> GOOD TO KNOW.
WE WILL PUT A LINK TO YOUR
WEBSITE SO PEOPLE CAN FIND
THOSE.
THOSE.
THOSE. WE
THOSE. WE MIGHT AS WILL BE GROWING
TOMATOES AND LETTUCE AND HERBS
AND THINGS WE CAN USE SINCE WE
ARE TRYING NOT TO GO TO THE
STORE SO MUCH.
WHAT ABOUT CRITTER HUNTING
OUTSIDE?
OUTSIDE?
OUTSIDE? THERE ARE THINGS LIVING AND
GROWING IN OUR GARDEN AND WE
CAN LEARN ABOUT THOSE WITH
KIDS.
KIDS.
KIDS. >>
KIDS. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, PANTING
SEEDS IS REALLY FUN.
BUT IT'S ABOUT THIS MUCH OF THE
TIME IT TAKES TO GROW A GARDEN
AND ACTUALLY HAVE FROM SEED TO
PLATE KIND OF THING.
SO I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO
THINK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER
THINGS THAT THERE ARE TO DO
THAT ARE RELATED TO THE GARDEN.
IN MY EXPERIENCE, 25 YEARS OF
TEACHING KIDS, PLANTS, THEY ARE
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. THEY ARE GREAT, THE KIDS REALLY
LIKE CRITTERS.
LIKE CRITTERS. CRITTERS ARE MORE LIKE ME.
SO LOOK UNDERNEATH THINGS, ALL
KINDS OF INVERTEBRATES UNDER
BRICKS OR POTS OR PILES OF
ROCKS.
ROCKS.
ROCKS. THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND AS THE WEATHER WARMS UP,
ALL THOSE WONDERFUL FLYING
CREATURES. IT'S A GREAT TIME TO
START TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE WILDLIFE IN YOUR
YARD.
YARD.
YARD. >>
YARD. >> WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST WE
START WITH?
START WITH? I CAN FIND SOME SLUGS OUT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> SLUGS ARE GOOD.
THEY CAN HIDE BUT THEY CAN'T
RUN.
RUN.
RUN. >>
RUN. >> THEY CAN'T.
CORRECT.
CORRECT.
CORRECT. [LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHTER] >> SLUGS ARE SO COOL.
SLUGS AND SNAILS ARE SO COOL
WITH KIDS.
WITH KIDS. EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT NOT LIKE
THEM SO MUCH, THEY ARE A
FASCINATION, WE CAN LEARN ABOUT
HABITS AND HABITATS.
WE CAN CATCH AND RELEASE.
I HATE TO KILLED IN FRONT OF
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. WE ARE TRYING TO CARE FOR
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. OR FEED THEM TO THE CHICKEN OR
WHATEVER.
WHATEVER.
WHATEVER. BUT RIGHT NOW, AS THEY START TO
HATCH AND EMERGE, IT'S A GREAT
TIME TO SLUG HUNTING BECAUSE
YOU CAN REDUCE THE POPULATION
AND HAVE BETTER LUCK WITH YOUR
TENDER STARTS.
TENDER STARTS. KIDS LOVE TO MAKE BOOKS. SO YOU
CAN START WITH AN EIGHT BY 11
SHEET OF PAPER AND YOU CAN MAKE
ALL KINDS OF, THE SMALLEST ONE,
A POCKET JOURNAL, KEEP THAT IN
YOUR POCKET.
YOUR POCKET. TEACH KIDS ABOUT BOOKBINDING.
THIS IS CALLED A SADDLE STITCH.
I USE THE STAPLE THE KIDS COULD
USE THREAD OR YARN.
THEY CAN GO UP ANOTHER STEP AND
HAVE A BIGGER ONE.
WE CAN MAYBE REPURPOSE AN OLD
CEREAL BOX WITH STRING WE FIND
AND MAKE IT MORE ELABORATE.
KIDS LOVE TO MAKE BOOKS.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEARN A
LITTLE ABOUT BOOKMAKING.
GET A BUNCH OF SCRAP PAPER AND
GO CRAZY.
GO CRAZY.
GO CRAZY. GET YOUR BOOKS OUT AND DRAW THE
THINGS YOU SEE IN THE THINGS
YOU HOPE FOR.
WRITE SOME POETRY.
TAKE IT OUT AND USE THE OUTDOORS
AS YOUR WRITING PROMPT.
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
ALMOST A LITTLE DAY CAMPING IN
THE YARD.
THE YARD.
THE YARD. AS I GO OUT THERE, AND OF
COURSE I'M SPENDING MORE TIME,
I'M AT HOME ALL THE TIME, SO
I'M SPENDING MORE TIME NOTICING
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EASY
THINGS WE MIGHT DO IN OUR LAWN
AND GARDEN TO IMPROVE THINGS
NOW THAT WE HAVE TIME?
>> THE GARDENERS SHADOW IS THE
BEST FERTILIZER IN YOUR GARDEN.
BEING OUT THERE AND JUST
INTERACTING WITH THE GARDEN IS
A FIRST RATE STEP.
I FIND THAT IF I WEED REALLY
HARD RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A
WHOLE BUNCH OF WEEDS THAT
GERMINATED IN THE FALL, THEY
OVER WINTERED AND NOW THEY ARE
GOING TO SEED.
GET OUT THERE AND REMOVE THE
SHOT WEED, THE DEAD NETTLE, THE
FORGET-ME-NOTS, DO SOME HARD
WEEDING IN APRIL, IT WILL SAVE
YOU A LOT OF WORK AS YOU GO
INTO THE SUMMER.
THE OTHER THING IS TO LOOK FOR
SPOTS AND PLACES WHERE THE
WEEDS ARE GROWING FIRST.
THOSE ARE THE WARM SPOTS IN
YOUR GARDEN.
YOUR GARDEN. REMOVE THE WEEDS AND IT'S A
GREAT PLACE TO PUT IN SOME
PLANTS.
PLANTS.
PLANTS. >> THAT IS GOOD ADVICE.
KIDS OFTEN LIKE TOOLS THAT FIT
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. WHAT KINDS OF THINGS IF WE HAVE
A LITTLE MONEY TO SPEND, GET
TWO OR THREE THINGS THAT FIT
THEIR SMALL HANDS THAT WOULD
HELP THEM WITH GARDENING?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD NOT
BUY ANYTHING THAT IS CUTE.
BECAUSE THEY OFTEN AREN'T
STURDY.
STURDY.
STURDY. WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR IS
SOMETHING THE KIDS CAN USE FOR
REAL.
REAL.
REAL. THEY WILL BE MORE INTERESTED IN
MORE ENGAGED IF YOU GET THEM
REAL TOOLS AND LET THEM USE IT.
SOMETHING THAT IS ALL METAL
CAN'T BREAK.
CAN'T BREAK. SOMETHING YOU COULD USE WITH
ALL YOUR MIGHT AND THAT BREAK
WILL BE SOMETHING SUITABLE FOR
KIDS.
KIDS.
KIDS. BECAUSE IF IT CAN BE BROKEN
THEY WILL BREAK IT.
LOOK FOR THINGS THAT ARE A GOOD
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. NOT
WAY. NOT TOO HEAVY.
AND A GOOD SIZE.
THIS LITTLE TOOL I LOVE.
IF YOU WANT TO GET SERIOUS, AND
I ALWAYS THINK FOR KIDS IT
WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A PLACE
JUST TO DIG.
THIS IS A SPEEDING SPADE TOOL.
ABOUT $15.
ABOUT $15. I CAN USE IT IN MY KIDS CAN USE
IT FOR SURE.
I LOVE TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE
THEY CAN BIG THE DEEPEST HOLE
IMAGINABLE.
IMAGINABLE. IT IS A THING OF MEMORY FOR
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. THEY CAN TEST ALL KINDS OF
ENGINEERING.
ENGINEERING. GIVE THEM SCRAPS OF WOOD AND
BRICKS, ADD SOME WATER, IT CAN
BE A LOT OF FUN.
>> THAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY GOOD
IDEA.
IDEA.
IDEA. GO
IDEA. GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD. >> CALL 811 BEFORE THEY DIG, I
VISITED A PRESCHOOL RECENTLY AND
THE WHOLE THAT THE KIDS DOUG
WAS LIKE FOUR FEET DEEP.
IT WAS AWESOME.
>> DEFINITELY CALL 811 BEFORE
YOU DIG.
YOU DIG.
YOU DIG. THAT WILL GET RID OF THEIR
ENERGY IF THEY ARE OUT THERE
DIGGING.
DIGGING.
DIGGING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LISA.
WE APPRECIATED.
WE APPRECIATED. HAPPY GARDENING.
HAPPY GARDENING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO TALK,
THERE IS A BIT OF A DELAY.
BUT THANK YOU LISA.
COMING UP, THE CREATIVE