{"id":3211,"date":"2011-06-10T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/wordpress\/?p=3211"},"modified":"2013-08-08T14:40:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T14:40:14","slug":"drawbacks-to-gardening-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/e\/drawbacks-to-gardening-in-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawbacks to Gardening in the City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska weather is crazy!\u00a0 One day it\u2019s over 100 degrees, and the next it barely makes 70!\u00a0 That\u2019s where we have been in the last two weeks.\u00a0 The kids are keeping it watered\u2014and it is incredible!\u00a0 Last week we planted sunflower seeds in plastic cups to demonstrate what roots look like and why they are important.\u00a0 Everyone had sunflower spouts this week!\u00a0 I explained that roots are like straws to feed plants.\u00a0 This seemed to go over OK.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, we had our first harvest\u2014butter lettuce!\u00a0 We didn\u2019t get much\u2014but it was great.\u00a0 Some of the boys said it tasted like weeds\u2014but it was enjoyed by ALL!<\/p>\n<p>I am starting to compile a list of hurdles that may exist with gardening with child care centers.\u00a0 They are not terrible, just something to consider when starting a gardening program.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/June-blog1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3213\" style=\"margin: 3px; border: black 3px solid;\" title=\"June blog1\" alt=\"June blog1\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/June-blog1.jpg\" width=\"246\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Where do you plant your garden?\u00a0 In many areas, the neighborhood does not lend itself to being safe for nice gardens\u2014things disappear.<\/li>\n<li>If you use a raised bed\u2014where do you get it? Also, the dirt involved is tremendous.\u00a0 Our 5 raised beds took over 1200 pounds of soil!\u00a0 (I know this because I hauled it all!)<\/li>\n<li>Kids love to help.\u00a0 This is good and bad.\u00a0 Teaching them about weeding is hard.\u00a0 Watering is the same.\u00a0 I finally started telling them to DROWN the plants\u2014now they water them enough!<\/li>\n<li>Watering itself can be a problem.\u00a0 Most child cares need a hose to water\u2014and may have a lock on the faucet.\u00a0 Watering on weekends is also a problem.<\/li>\n<li>The heat from raised beds on concrete can be horrific!\u00a0 Placing mulch around the beds helps cut down on the heat on the beds and the kids.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/June-blog-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3214\" style=\"margin: 3px; border: black 3px solid;\" title=\"June blog 3\" alt=\"June blog 3\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/June-blog-3.jpg\" width=\"429\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are just a few of the things I have pondered\u2014but so far we are very excited\u2014our eggplant has set on\u2014cannot wait!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/June-blog-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3215\" style=\"margin: 3px; border: black 3px solid;\" title=\"June blog 2\" alt=\"June blog 2\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/June-blog-2.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska weather is crazy!\u00a0 One day it\u2019s over 100 degrees, and the next it barely makes 70!\u00a0 That\u2019s where we have been in the last two weeks.\u00a0 The kids are keeping it watered\u2014and it is incredible!\u00a0 Last week we planted sunflower seeds in plastic cups to demonstrate what roots look like and why they are important.\u00a0 Everyone had sunflower spouts&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/e\/drawbacks-to-gardening-in-the-city\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,780,45],"tags":[49,168,169,145,212,51,123,1086,91,179],"class_list":["post-3211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e","category-d","category-nutrition-2","category-g","tag-children","tag-fruits-and-vegetables","tag-gardening","tag-healthy-eating","tag-healthy-meals","tag-kids","tag-nutrition","tag-g","tag-picky-eaters","tag-vegetables","cat-42-id","cat-43-id","cat-780-id","cat-45-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/child-gardening.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3211"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7769,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3211\/revisions\/7769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}