{"id":29080,"date":"2020-04-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/marketplace\/family-gardening-can-be-fun-and-fruitful\/"},"modified":"2020-04-13T07:55:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T14:55:18","slug":"family-gardening-can-be-fun-and-fruitful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/marketplace\/family-gardening-can-be-fun-and-fruitful\/","title":{"rendered":"Family gardening can be fun and fruitful!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&rsquo;re all spending a lot more time at home these days. At the same time, spring is here and the garden awaits.<\/p>\n<p>Have you thought about sharing the physical and mental health benefits of getting outside and digging in the dirt with your entire family? The experts at soil and compost supplier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedar-grove.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Cedar Grove <\/a>have, and their clients have some great ways to combine growing fresh produce and maintaining healthy garden beds with teaching your kids about urban agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Zsofia Pasztor, the founder of Woodinville-based non-profit <a href=\"https:\/\/farmerfrog.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Farmer Frog<\/a>, is a certified horticulturist, arborist and landscape designer with plenty of experience helping build community and family gardens.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It truly is science-based learning, and that opens the door to interaction with the kids in ways that they love. Planting things is fun and educational,&rdquo; she says.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are a few tips for creating a family vegetable or herb garden:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Find the right spot<\/strong> &#8211; Zsofia recommends having a plan in place before you start. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t just start digging up the yard,&rdquo; she says. Call 811 first to locate underground utilities, or <a href=\"https:\/\/cedar-grove.com\/featured\/build-raised-beds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">create raised beds<\/a> for an easier, more accessible option. For open-bottom raised beds, put a layer of cardboard down, not plastic, to keep weeds at bay.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Containers work too!<\/strong> &#8211; When creating your vegetable or herb garden, Zsofia says, &ldquo;even five-gallon buckets gathered together will work.&rdquo; Designate a section of the yard or patio as the garden and have fun watching your plants grow!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Companion planting<\/strong> &#8211; Many plants grow well together, Zsofia says, such as carrots and radishes, which benefit from compost. Tomatoes and carrots &ldquo;do fabulous together,&rdquo; she says, as do lettuce, spinach and peas.&rdquo; Call Cedar Grove at <tcxspan tcxhref=\"tel:18777645748\" title=\"Call 1-877-764-5748 with 3CX Click to Call\">1-877-764-5748<\/tcxspan> for soil advice.<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Order seeds online<\/strong> &#8211; <\/strong>Various Washington seed suppliers are shipping to your home. Check online for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=washington+state+seed+suppliers&#038;npsic=0&#038;rflfq=1&#038;rlha=0&#038;rllag=47268479,-124802316,262756&#038;tbm=lcl&#038;ved=2ahUKEwjIzc2Or9LoAhXFpJ4KHbI5Bl0QjGp6BAgLEDg&#038;tbs=lrf:!1m4!1u3!2m2!3m1!1e1!1m4!1u2!2m2!2m1!1e1!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e3!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:2&#038;rldoc=1#rlfi=hd:;si:;mv:[[48.98533060248424,-115.37740947110984],[45.43476663255705,-124.41915751798484],null,[47.239779967067555,-119.89828349454734],7]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">list of options<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get creative with your produce<\/strong> &#8211; What will you do with your homegrown foods? Find many tasty recipes online that incorporate specific vegetables, fruits and herbs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Work together on yard maintenance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seattle landscaper Matt Preston works with homeowners in spring to aerate, thatch and top-dress their lawns as a first step to making it healthier. You can top-dress your lawn yourself, Matt says, using a <a href=\"https:\/\/cedar-grove.com\/store\/soil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">home delivery of compost or topsoil<\/a> from Cedar Grove.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Lawns<\/strong> &#8211; Leave grass clippings on and mow more frequently and not so short to create less stress on your lawn. &ldquo;You&rsquo;ll require fertilizer and top dressing less often,&rdquo; Matt says.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beds<\/strong> &#8211; Healthy beds start from the ground up, he adds. A two-inch <a href=\"https:\/\/cedar-grove.com\/products\/compost-top-soil-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">mulch mix base<\/a> keeps the weeds down and nutrients and moisture in. &ldquo;It can be a big project, but it will do your garden a lot of good and save you time in the long run.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deadheading plants<\/strong> &#8211; Pinch off old blossoms to extend the blooming period and avoid the plant going to seed as quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Cedar Grove offers <a href=\"https:\/\/cedar-grove.com\/featured\/contactless-product-delivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">contactless delivery of bulk and bagged soils<\/a> products. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/cedar-grove.com\/for-your-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">order your products online<\/a> or by phone at 1-877-764-5748! You can follow Cedar Grove on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CedarGroveComposting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cedargrovecompost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cgcompost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cedar Grove soils can help you get the most out of your home planting season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":977,"featured_media":29081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[46,105],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29080"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmond-reporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=29080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}