BUTTERFLY FEEDER

This is exactly what you'll see in botanical gardens. Take a plastic pot saucer, sand and about 1 T. of cow or horse manure and an overripe piece of banana, apple or pear. Place sand and manure in saucer with small amount of water and add fruit. Voila! Butterflies will come!

SIMPLE BIRD BATH OR BIRD FEEDER

Here's an idea for a simple and inexpensive bird bath or feeder. Use a tomato cage, anchoring it firmly in ground. Put one plastic plan saucer inside top ring of cage. Plant vining plants such as nasturtiums or morning glory around bottom. Fill saucer with water for birds, of poke a few holes in it for drainage and fill it with birdseed.

EDUCATIONAL

·Use a digital or throwaway camera to record progress in garden and learn more about nature and photography. Put photos in a scrapbook for memories!

·Place a rain gauge in garden.

·Study insects that come and what they do.

· Read about vegetables, fruits and flowers on Internet.

·Be sure and don't take "the sun" for granted. Water and sun and good soil are what gardening is all about.

·The garden will need to be tended and this teaches responsibility. It needs to be watered, fertilized and weeded. Establish a regular schedule for tending garden.

CELEBRATE THE HARVEST with flowers on table, or a pizza, or hot sauce, or whatever garden harvest has brought. Be sure and take more photos for scrapbook.