How early is too early?

[Mamabearemma]

Hello there :)
Gardening, something I'm quite find of but never seem to find the time to do because I have a certain baby clinging to my hip. I was wondering if I should let him play about on the grass and help mummy when she's gardening, e.g holding the seed pack or if I should buy him a baby's play shovel and pale. What would you suggest? Or is it too early to start him On the whole Alan titchmarsh path.

Hello How old is your baby? Bear in mind some seeds are poisonous as they are often coated in special anti-fungal 'stuff' so be careful if you're giving him seeds to hold (mine would have eaten them!). I let mine play on a rug/mat on the grass and with a sandpit and buckets, shapes and spades - they did eat sand too though! Once he is old enough to help he will love it - if you can give him a little patch of his own to grow things he can eat like peas and some flowers like calendula marigolds and nasturtiums - although you will need to make sure he knows he can't eat any flowers in the garden in case they are poisonous - mine always understood this and only ever ate flowers they were allowed to - they ate copious amounts of home-grown fruit and veg and just loved walking along picking and eating it! I hope you enjoy your time in the garden together - it looks like there's some sunshine on the way!