1. Selecting seedsDespite the best efforts of Popeye most young children still seem to have an innate aversion to bitter leafy vegetables such as spinach, and probably won’t be particularly enthused about the idea of growing them. Focus instead

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SpringAsparagus Try it steamed in pastaCherries A treat in packed lunchesNew potatoes Boil and serve with a little butter and chopped herbsPurple sprouting broccoli Stir-fry with soy sauce and sesame seedsRhubarb Delicious in crumbleSummerBlueberries Never better than in a pieCou...

perhaps don’t bank on a lifetime supply of fresh guacamole, just an enjoyable gardening project. More green living from Junior:How to grow a wild flower gardenThe best foods to buy organic

:Meats:Beef, Chicken, PorkDairy:Milk, Cheese, ButterFruit and Vegetables:Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Raspberries, Cherries, Tomatoes, Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Grapes, Celery, Potatoes, SpinachMore green living from Junior:Growing vegetables with your childHow to grow a wild flower garden

chopped kitchen scraps at the bottom (favourites include banana skin, egg shell, vegetable peelings, tea bags and bread crusts). Step fourWhen the bin is full, lift out the top wormy layers and tip the good compost out of the bottom of the bin, ready

spot. If it is sunny, all the better, as sun speeds up the decomposing process. You need a balance of 'greens' and 'browns' to reap the best compost. Greens are wetter and quicker to rot and include vegetable and fruit peelings, tea bags, plant prunings

: 1.25Pine or Spruce: 3.25Elm, Ash or Beech: 2.5More green living advice from Junior:Ways to encourage birds into your gardenGrowing vegetables with your child

Soon, all children will be given the gift of green fingers. From next year “cultivating plants for practical purposes” becomes part of the curriculum, and already kitchen gardens are cropping up in primary schools across the land.Learning how

high volume of fruit and vegetables will provide your family with delicious produce and will attract plenty of foraging wildlife.A compost heap or pile of rotten wood will attract all manner of interesting insects certain to delight young creepy