Which plants are good for small children?

[rama5485]

which plants are good for small children eating purpose

So to grow and then eat, I recommend:

• cress - grows indoors on a piece of damp tissue and is very quick. Fab in a little sandwich of freshly baked white bread and butter
• In summer grow radishes - very satisfying and easier than carrots
• soft fruit - we have raspberries, strawberries and blueberry, they are easy to grow. Train your child from a young age to ONLY eat berries they have been told are safe to eat as some make your tummy hurt.
• If you have space grow Runner beans in summer - they are so much fun and grow almost visibly every day! If you can make a “tunnel” with the bean canes (like a wigwam shape with open ends) it is a lot of fun

My kids also love herbs - smell is as important as taste in the garden so we have chives, mint, peppermint, rosemary, thyme, sage and I also like basil, parsely, and oregano.

Peas. Eating peas raw from the pod should be part of every childhood.

Potatoes - we do them in potato bags, so it's easier to empty - the kids love furtling about to find the 'gold'.
Also if you have space - blackberries.

The biggest hits with my children are:

Potatoes.... it's like digging up treasure.
Pumpkins....big plants, exciting as they grow so quickly
Raspberries and tomatoes....they never make it inside the house as DDs just pick and eat them straight away.
Dwarf french beans..... extremely easy to grow, big seeds so they're easy for little hands to plant, they like hunting through the foliage to find the beans.