John asks…
What’s a great blog or other site which shows fun activities you can do at home with kids?
I’m trying to get my 4 & a half year old niece off of electronics 😀
I’m trying to introduce her to the type of fun I always had as a kid, not the standard stuff like tea parties & dollies, but actual things that would engage her 🙂
So we’ve designed cardboard boxes and turned them into things (like a house, a train, a plane, etc.), we’ve made play-doh together, we made paints just a few days ago (and we’ve been exhausting all types of activities we can do with that, such as Rorschach style paintings or finger painting), we also play games outside like hopscotch, always do a type of cooking activity and, sometimes, we’ll play water fights in the garden.
Do you have a blog that you frequent or really recommend which comes packed with fun activities & ideas for kids?
Do you have any ideas you can share?
Lots of hands on stuff preferably, rather than simple pretend play or anything pc/tv related (I don’t want to see her get hooked on this stuff).
Thank you!
GardenersCardiff answers:
Forget the blog -it’s an electronic format & reading it will make you a poor role model. Go outside for a walk or to play, meet with other children of the same age, use your imagination to create fun experiences & let the 4 year old play an active role in the activities, go to the library, clean the house, cook a meal…. The 2 of you are limited by your creativity & imagination.
Richard asks…
What are some designs for an on ground tree house?
I want to make an on ground tree house so I can put all my gardening tools in. It needs to be at least 6 feet high. The problem is, I don’t know any designs for it. Any ideas? It has to be wide enough and big enough so I can fit in it and put ALL my stuff in it.
GardenersCardiff answers:
A big room with a slant roof would be a great idea as it will give you the 6 feet height that you want int your tree house, make it a big room and divide it with arches or divisions so that it will offer you sections to store things as well as make its interior beautiful and nice
you can also put in some cabinets to put your tools in it, the reason being that tools are somehow dangerous and can cause injury to not only yourself but also other people who use them or anyone who comes to your tree house, thus it is advised that you install a set of cabinets where you can place the tools safely out of reach and keep them tidy instead of people falling on them, storage cabinets are a necessity for your tree house to make it a safe and happy place
see http://www.aboutcabinets.net/blog/storage-cabinets/ for more ideas on a tree house and how to come up with a great tree house
Ruth asks…
How would i get my bonsai trunk thicker?
I have a bonsai ficus, it seems fairly young. I have seen a $300 bonsai ficus at a local garden center and the trunk was inpressive. It had roots coming down from different heights of the trunk, very beautiful. How would one go about increasing the diameter of the trunk and helping it to create these root systems that form out of the trunk?
Thank you.
GardenersCardiff answers:
Trunks are grown. To quickly increase trunk girth you should allow the tree to grow unrestrained. Trimming will only slow the growth. Once you get the desired thickness you can remove overgrown branches and regrow finer, more delicate branches with newly sprouted growth closer to the trunk.
Here’s a link to help you get started:
http://www.matsubonsai.com/blog/post/2008/05/How-to-Get-Started-in-Bonsai.aspx
Here’s a great resource about ficus:
http://bonsaihunk.us/
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