Tiny decided to grow baby cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes, garlic, spring onions, lettuce, brussel sprouts, peppers and chilli peppers, and of course our 'see who can grow the tallest' sunflowers.

None of this has been easy for Tiny, but he has managed to plant and care for them on his own with very little supervision.

He is disappointed that one of his two baby cucumber plants seems to have died.

This has been so important for him to do this on his own and to take control of not only what he wanted to plant, but also looking after the plants.

Did anyone else manage to encourage their children to grow some veg this year?

Please let us know how it's going.

If you have a teenager, you know what I mean when I say show them a book and they shut down. Now add a young man with lot's of additional needs and it can be mayhem. But, we're working through it anyway. We cut down some rhubarb this morning, and under supervision, he cleaned and chopped the stems, then laid them out on a large tray to freeze. He also re-planted some strawberries yesterday. Now he wants to add that to his journal. Now for a shopping trip to get all the other things to start to grow. How are you all doing?

Do you think it's important for children to learn more about nature and where their food comes from?

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