gardening with dad

Answer the following questions in a different colour text.

1. Why is spring the best time for planting seeds? It's the best time to start planting the seeds.
2. Why did the girl and her dad need to get the soil ready first? So the soil can grow soft and nice.
3. Where did the girl put the weeds and the dead plants? She put them on a compost pile.
4. What is humus made from? It was made from dead plants and animals.
5. Why doesn’t water stay in sandy soil?  The sandy soil is too soft .
6. How do worms help the soil? The worm eats the soil after it passes through their bodies.
7. Why do plants grow well in damp soil? Because the soil has water in it  
8. Why will Dad put stakes next to each plant? Because the plants grow tall and straight.

Create: Go outside and take a ‘before’ photo of your garden. Now do some weeding and take an ‘after’ picture of your gardening work for today :)