Grow in Rows - Junior Master Gardener (2024)

FAQs

What does growing a garden teach children? ›

While working in the garden, preschoolers develop fine motor control and also work larger muscles: gardening uses practically every muscle in the body. Sensorial lessons are found throughout the garden; preschoolers can practice color recognition, identify fragrances, and learn how fresh food tastes.

Benefits of Planting in Rows

Row planting is when plants are grown in single rows that allow for more space and easier cultivating in the vegetable garden. Depending on how much room plants need for growing the rows can be adjusted between the plants and in each walkway alongside the row.

Not only can it keep your plants sorted by kind, it also provides them with space to grow and better access to water and the harvesting equipment! to harvest the crops, the equipment is built to work with crop that are planted in rows! Creating raised rows, just like a raised vegetable bed prevents damage to roots.

Another way to support higher yields in small garden spaces is to avoid planting the same family of vegetables in the same spot every year. Research shows that rotating crops so that one plant family occupies a given location only every three or four years has positive effects on yields.

Gardening reduces both the level and effect of stress

Gardening can be a huge stress reliever for children as it teaches how to relax, calm down and control emotions. Spending time in nature, amongst flowers and trees has been proven to make both children and the elderly feel happier.

Introduction to Essential Life Skills

The act of nurturing a seed into a blooming plant can teach teens responsibility, patience, and the value of hard work. Moreover, it can instill a sense of accomplishment and boost self-esteem when they see the fruits (or flowers or vegetables) of their hard work.

A row crop is a crop that can be planted in rows wide enough to allow it to be tilled or otherwise cultivated by agricultural machinery, machinery tailored for the seasonal activities of row crops. Such crops are sown by drilling or transplanting rather than broadcasting.

Their responsibilities can vary depending on their specialty, but common duties can include: Planting, fertilizing and harvesting plants. Feeding and herding groups of animals. Providing special diets and care for animals.

Many farmers use GPS systems and monitors in their tractors to plant a straight row of crops and avoid seeding overlap. On a planter, each row has its own unit with mechanisms that clear the soil, create a furrow where the seed will be planted and close the furrow to bury the seed.

Cucumbers

Along with tomatoes and peppers, cucumbers are the easiest fruits for beginner vegetable gardeners. In fact, bush cucumber varieties don't need a trellis at all, making them ideal for growing in pots. No matter the variety, cucumbers need frequent pollination to keep producing.

What are the easiest high yield vegetables to grow? ›

If you're looking for high-yield veggies, you can't go wrong with cucumbers, pole beans, radishes, squash, zucchini, peas, and tomatoes. These vegetables are easy to grow and have been known to produce a large amount of produce per plant, providing you with a bountiful harvest that lasts for weeks.

A garden offers an ideal area to teach and reinforce ideas and concepts about plant science, biology, chemistry, soil science, and math. Students develop an understanding of the natural world when they are actively engaged in scientific inquiry.

Ask children which fruits and vegetables they would like to grow. Teach children responsibility by assigning each child a watering, harvesting or weeding task. Allowing children to be involved in every step of the process will get them excited to taste the fruits (and vegetables) of their labor.

These values include integrity, ingenuity, and an appreciation for the things in life that we consider beautiful or worth expending our energy, time, and effort on. One of those things that many of us love sharing with our children is our love of gardening!