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  • a view over the shoulder

    I know we had the debate about being sad etc, but my 17 (soon to be 18 ... maybe ) year old daughter saw me reading some threads the other night and called us all geeky techno veggies

    I took this as a compliment and accepted it on our behalfs with the required modesty and a size 8 welly

    ntg
    ntg
    Never be afraid to try something new.
    Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
    A large group of professionals built the Titanic
    ==================================================

  • #2
    Our daughter is now 20 and at uni and suddenly was happy to help us out with watering and cropping whilst we were on hols..amazing what kids can do for free nosh....just wait a year or 2 and they will be impressed!! - try cookery lessons too if she can spare you the time!!!
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

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    • #3
      That's not a problen in our house, we can all cook ... it's the washing up thats the problem
      ntg
      Never be afraid to try something new.
      Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
      A large group of professionals built the Titanic
      ==================================================

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      • #4
        When my youngest was 17 she refused to eat anything that I grew (and I wasn't offering anything poisonous!) but now she is 21 and has just made an offer to help me with the veggie patch this year
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        • #5
          ah well, 3 years to wait
          ntg
          Never be afraid to try something new.
          Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
          A large group of professionals built the Titanic
          ==================================================

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          • #6
            Hmmm.... my nearly 3 year old won't give me peace in my garden.... I go there to escape and be on my own and I get followed and suddenly find I ave a helper that I never knew I needed!

            I can see in a few years he'll take over and 'll be watching enviously from the sidelines...
            Shortie

            "There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

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            • #7
              That's lovely! ... Our son ..now 18 ...used to play on the allotment with his beach toys ( bucket and spade/toy digger etc etc and had a wonderful time). We just made sure his tetanus was up to date and let him get on with it. He loved the hose-pipe and mud more than anything!! He's now at uni specialising in environmental architecture so I would suggest you enjoy his company and maybe help him produce one or two crops for himself for the family to enjoy at his success!! The planet needs more of these people!
              "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

              Location....Normandy France

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              • #8
                My two sons, now 26 and 25, always hated helping in the garden and just about managed to get up enough enthusiasm to mow the lawn, but now ... got houses of their own and really into patio pots and growing garlic and small veg. Suddenly its really fashionable and to grow your own!
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                Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.
                ~ Mary Kay Ash

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                • #9
                  Weans in the garden

                  Shortie
                  Know exactly how you feel - my daughter has been following me round the garden now for two years (she's 4 1/2 - mustn't forget the half, it's apparently incredibly important!!) and I think my OH looks on my gardening as a babysitting service. Still, after she has snapped the stems of my roses and other assorted flowers, she then gets my dibber, makes a hole and replants them for me! She has the theory but not the practice! One thing she's good at is remembering plant names - both common and Latin - gonna try her on veg varieties this year.
                  Rat
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                  Scottish by the Grace of God

                  http://scotsburngarden.blogspot.com/
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by JennieAtkinson
                    Suddenly its really fashionable and to grow your own!
                    I keep telling my two that I'm to be refered to as a trendsetter not "boring old fart"

                    Maybe they'll get the hang of it one day

                    I have to say my son (16) is very ood at carrying bags of compost, mixing cement & making tea. well when you're the garden boy you have to respect the Garden foreman
                    ntg
                    Never be afraid to try something new.
                    Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
                    A large group of professionals built the Titanic
                    ==================================================

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                    • #11
                      owe like our plot

                      My LADS ok with wheel barrow and burning things talk about weeding see you later as for eating ought sweet corn and strawberries thats it suppose its a start hey As for the boss we all know who that is hey definatley not me not in our house

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