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 September / October 2007 |
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September / October 2007 |
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 Editor’s Gleanings Gardening with Kids Notes from the Brazos Beck on Nature (greyed articles available in printed version - subscribe now!)
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Gleanings Okay, I admit it. I’m a doting grandmother. You’ll see two of my darling grandchildren in this issue, but keep in mind that I have six more, so stay tuned! One of the things I love about gardening is that you can share it with almost anyone of almost any age. Kids like getting dirty, youngsters like flowers, and everybody likes fresh food Laurie Garretson writes about gardening with children in every issue of Homegrown, and her advice is good. She, and I agree, thinks that gardening and love of nature come easily and naturally to kids. Somewhere along the way, some of us lose that connection with the natural world and when we do, it is a sad thing. We are all creatures of nature and completely dependent on nature for our very survival. Now that taking care of the environment has finally become fashionable, I hope that more people will realize how interdependent we all are — the city folks and the country folks, the vegetarians and the rancher, the old coots and the little tykes. We are all in this together, and we can all enjoy it together if we just pay a little attention to taking care of the natural world. Nature is not somewhere we go on vacation. We are IN it all the time. It may be a part we’ve messed up, but nature is everywhere. Learning early is an important of that earth stewardship. Learning to love and appreciate nature and its bounty should be encouraged by all of us. All my grandchildren (thanks mainly to their mothers) are growing up with the assumption that good food comes from a healthy environment — and I hope they will do their part to keep it that way.
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