ChildhoodUnplugged-related stories
Give your kid a green thumb
Fun & activities, Eating & nutrition
A few weeks ago, in a fit of optimism, I shoved some some bean and peas seeds into my autumn garden. There may be time for one more crop before the first frost, and with Hurricane Ike sending rain all the way up our way, it may be wet enough too. It's not so much that we need another round of veggie crops, it's that growing these two particular foods this summer has actually turned my kids on to eating vegetables... you know... as a food group.
When I was a kid, my mom used to joke that the peas never actually made it to the stove top. That's because we'd eat them right out of the garden or feast on them while we shelled them for dinner. Our vegetables came from the garden, fruit from local orchards, our eggs from my aunt's chicken coop, and our meat from a local farmer. But somewhere between now and then, something important about how we feed ourselves got lost. It's my intention to find it again with my own kids.
