Article published in OC Family Magazine!

Published in OC Family Magazine!
Container gourmet


Grow a mini chef’s garden with your kids.

By Gabrielle Sunheart

Published: July, 2010



If you have trouble getting your children to eat vegetables, here is a fun solution: Grow vegetables in a mini chef's garden! Once the veggies are ready to pick, have your kids help you prepare them.



Don't have the time or space for a traditional garden? No worries! A container garden is easy and requires no weeding. In addition, you won’t have to dig up part of your yard.



What you’ll need:

> Three big planters

> Several small culinary herbs – look for small, healthy, hardy plants

> Four packets of heirloom vegetable seeds



Planter one: herbs

1. Fill pot 2/3 to top with good soil.

2. Transplant herbs into the planter.

3. Gently water until soil is moist.



Planter two: salad bowl

1. Fill planter to top with lightly packed soil.

2. Plant a few tomato seeds in the center of the pot.

3. Plant lettuce seeds in a circle around the outer edge of the planter.



Planter three: veggie bowl

1. Fill planter with soil to the top.

2. Plant two or three cucumber seeds in the middle of the planter.

3. Plant the carrot seeds around the cucumber seeds.



Once you’re done, you’ll have herbs, vine-ripened tomatoes and fresh vegetables. What better way to get your children interested in healthy eating?



Gabrielle Sunheart is a Laguna Beach resident and the author of the book "Feed a Family on $25 a Week!” gabysunheart.com.