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These are my some of my friends, the elfs. They
really like it at the bottom of your garden where not too many people go.
Elfs like to help in the garden, helping to grow plants
and food. Did you know that most of the food we eat grows on plants? Do you
like bananas, apples, carrots, beans? They all grow on plants.
Lady bugs
are our friends and they help in the garden too!
I'm sure your garden has some food
plants! Do you know which plants in your garden are food plants? You might
have to ask your mum or dad to show you the herbs, fruits and vegetables that grow there.
Do you know what a plant needs to grow
big and strong?
1/. Plants need water,
but some plants don't like too much water, just sometimes when they want a drink.
Most young plants need water every day to grow strong and healthy.
2/. Plants like the sun shine
~ you feel better when it is sunny too! Look in your garden ~ see how some of the
plants like it in the shade. Too much sun hurts some plants, just like too much sun
hurts you too!
3/. Plants like food
too ~ did you know that? Food for plants is different than our food though, but
plants still like lots of goodness in their food. Plants like their food in the soil
or dirt around them, which does not taste very good to us.
Does your family put your food scraps in
a compost pile? If they do, they are making really good food for the plants in your
garden. Plants like to have the left overs from our dinner but it has to be put in a
pile of other scraps, mixed up with other goodies and some good dirt and left for two
weeks so that it turns into compost.
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