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Kids Grow Wild Challenge

6 June 2013 by Eileen

Both of my children love gardening. They always want to help me water the plants and pull up weeds. Now the weather is getting warmer, it is the perfect time to get out into the garden to give it some TLC. Last year, we planted broad beans directly in the soil but it was eaten by slugs as they began to grow.  This year, I bought a seed tray to help our flowers grow first before we re-plant them.

Kids Grow Wild Challenge kit

MoneySupermarket teamed up with BritMums to offer mummy bloggers the chance to have outdoor fun with their kids and win some great kit for the garden in the process! I really fancied this challenge, to get the children out in the garden and to teach them the basics of growing a plant. This is our outdoor adventure.

We received this beautiful garden starter kit to begin our planting. In this carry bag, it comes with a metal watering can, hand fork, hand trowel, a pair of gardening gloves and three packets of seeds. Due to the limited designated area of my garden, we planted the Polly Seeds from the Pretty Flower Family.

Project One: On a seed tray with Pretty Flower Family

Firstly, they filled the seed tray with compost about three quarters full. Then they sprinkled the Pretty Flower Family seeds thinly across the individual seed holes. Next, they covered it with more soil and watered it.  A plastic cover was placed on top of the seed tray to prevent any unwanted pests.

Kids Grow Wild Challenge planting

Project Two: On a small designated garden space with polly pansy

We had a nicely matured garden border and it was hard for me to lose an area for growing. After re-adjusting the area, the children used the hand fork to fork through the soil and pull up all the weeds. Once the area is ready, they sprinkled the seeds thinly and covered it with compost. They finished up by watering the area.

Kids Grow Wild Challenge seeding

Day 8. As you can see, there is not much grow in the seed tray and it is very scattered.

Kids Grow Wild Challenge day 8

Day 12. They have managed to grow a bit taller around the edges.  There is no sign of any growth from the seeds in the middle of the tray.

Kids Grow Wild Challenge day 12

Day 14.They are getting there!

Kids Grow Wild Challenge day 14

Unfortunately for the polly pansy plant, there is only a small sign of the flowers which I think is attributable to the bad weather we have had for the past two weeks.

Disclosure: We received the sample for the purposes of writing this challenge, however, all thoughts and opinions remain our own.

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Comments

  1. caro_mad says

    11 July 2013 at 11:01 am

    This was such a lovely challenge for kids to get involved with. Amy loved her little gardening set x

  2. celebratingmums says

    12 June 2013 at 12:13 pm

    Love how you have broken it down into projects. Commenting for myself and on behalf of BritMums and thanking you for taking part

  3. over40andamumtoone says

    7 June 2013 at 7:01 pm

    Great set isn’t it – lovely to see kids getting really excited about growing things too

  4. Kim Carberry says

    6 June 2013 at 9:22 pm

    Ohh fantastic!! We are doing the Kids Grow Wild Challenge too our Polly Pansies have started to grow today!!…I was putting the rubbish out and saw the little seedlings peeping through!! I can’t wait to show the girls in the morning 🙂

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