Kids just know...

[jennplas]

hi !
yesterday i was walking home from the sitter with my daughter who is 3 years old. friends of ours who just lived 4 doors down moved away last month and no one moved in that house yet... so my friend had told me not to forget to go get some of their veggies.. if they grew...

so yesterday we stopped on our way home and *kidnapped* some little carrots and there was even a small cucumber. my daughter loved finding the veggies. we walked home and she could hardly wait for me to just give her the veggies. so i rinsed them well and she ate all the carrots and the whole small cucumber! she would never do that if i got her some of those out of the fridge! kids just know what is good for them if we give them a chance!

i noticed that when i did serve cooked veggies to my daughter, she would not want to eat them. however once i learned about raw foods, i realized, kids most often naturally want their veggies raw (veggies and dip). my daughter doesn't even like dip. she just loves to eat peppers, cucumbers, carrots and even lettuce on its own.

i decided that i will go to a self picking farm. i think we have one about 10 minutes away so i will take her there and we will go pick our veggies together. this way, i am sure she will want to eat a whole variety!

kids just know how to eat ... !

just thought i would share
jennP

[truthseeker]

How wonderful is that!!!

Feels so great to see things happen as they should.

What a great job you are doing!

[Ariannah]

i noticed that when i did serve cooked veggies to my daughter, she would not want to eat them. however once i learned about raw foods, i realized, kids most often naturally want their veggies raw (veggies and dip). my daughter doesn't even like dip. she just loves to eat peppers, cucumbers, carrots and even lettuce on its own.
I always used to drive one of my foster parents nuts by snitching the raw veggies and things off the cutting board before they went into the stew or soup. It's just so instinctive that we want the raw ingredients, but we're taught all our lives, in home economics that we "have to" be good cooks when we grow up, and learn to like cooked food.

[Live Free]

In homeck I think they should be teaching how to uncook. Now wouldnt that be wonderful?
My daughter may just say a thing or two. If she were to take a home eck class. She has that kind of personality, out spoken.
although she is still a baby/toddler, you can see her personality.
Hopefully, I will have her on the right track.

Teresa and Mae
Live Free

[Punky]

i noticed that when i did serve cooked veggies to my daughter, she would not want to eat them. however once i learned about raw foods, i realized, kids most often naturally want their veggies raw (veggies and dip). my daughter doesn't even like dip. she just loves to eat peppers, cucumbers, carrots and even lettuce on its own.

kids just know how to eat ... !

My kids have intuitively preferred fresh uncooked veggies as well.
My mom got onto me once, and said i need to cook and soften the veggies before giving them to my kids. LOL

I would love to take my kids to a farm to pick fresh produce. They would have a blast!

[rawpriestess]

Our gardens are bursting, and so we always allow our friends and neighbors to come and pick whatever they want.

So, a friend brought his 6 year old nephew over to see how food grows. Dragggon shows the kids around, and explains how the different plants grow, what grows on trees, on bushes, what the herbs are, and the kids have such a good time, first they picked and ate about 50 strawberries, then they went to the tomatoes, and picked a huge box full for his and his families supper, then they went through the grapes then off to the squash.

He had tons of questions, about the apples, and the different colors, about all the grapes, and how they hang down, about the different kinds of tomatoes, we are currently growing about 10 varieties, 6 different cherry tomatoes alone, and several larger ones, all different colors, he loved trying them all, we still have 3 kinds of strawberries, growing, and then there are the raspberries, and blackberries.

He also saw the nut trees, but they aren't ripe yet, and had never seen an almond or hazelnut on a tree, so that was a joy to share with him.

He was such a fun guest, and I hope when he comes back he will bring his older brother (who has been here before) and they can help find their own food again.

Kids are such fun people. I especially love all the questions, when they have never seen how things grow, they are actually surprised. LOL

[Punky]

Our gardens are bursting, and so we always allow our friends and neighbors to come and pick whatever they want.

So, a friend brought his 6 year old nephew over to see how food grows. Dragggon shows the kids around, and explains how the different plants grow, what grows on trees, on bushes, what the herbs are, and the kids have such a good time, first they picked and ate about 50 strawberries, then they went to the tomatoes, and picked a huge box full for his and his families supper, then they went through the grapes then off to the squash.

He had tons of questions, about the apples, and the different colors, about all the grapes, and how they hang down, about the different kinds of tomatoes, we are currently growing about 10 varieties, 6 different cherry tomatoes alone, and several larger ones, all different colors, he loved trying them all, we still have 3 kinds of strawberries, growing, and then there are the raspberries, and blackberries.

He also saw the nut trees, but they aren't ripe yet, and had never seen an almond or hazelnut on a tree, so that was a joy to share with him.

He was such a fun guest, and I hope when he comes back he will bring his older brother (who has been here before) and they can help find their own food again.

Kids are such fun people. I especially love all the questions, when they have never seen how things grow, they are actually surprised. LOL


Ok RP,
I am hopping on a plane with my kids in tow to come see your beautiful gardens. Dragggon & You don't mind giving us a tour do you? LOL
I am so envious of all your gardens!!!! :p

[rawpriestess]

Punky, come on down, and bring the wee-ones, but hurry, because it's getting really wet here, and that is the end of most of our 11 gardens.

All on 1/4 acres,with a big house and double garage, and decks and patios, and etc. Pretty much everything here has a very specific use, when I first got together with Dragggon, all I had was lawn, and a rhodie garden, and some Irises, and one strawberry patch, HE put in all the other gardens, and they are all raised gardens in blue stone, so they are pretty and easy to pick too.

Come on down, we still have berries, and tomatoes and herbs and grapes, apples, pears, apple-pears, almonds, hazelnuts and lavender, hyssop, mint, chocolate mint, oregano (3 kinds), basil basil and more basil, mushrooms, onions, garlic, arugala (ICK) rosemary, sage, parsley, thyme, squash and squash and more squash, and who knows what else.

The kids and you will have a blast.

[Punky]

Don't be surprised if we show up on your doorstep RP!
I've always wanted to visit Washington state! LOL :p

[Essensual]

Every time I hear about you and Dragggon's gardens [or see pictures of cabbage the size of a man's head ;) ] I am fascinated! :) Would it be possible to maybe to a "virtual tour" of your gardens and post in on the web somewhere. I confess to having gardener envy since I live in an apartment with no roof access or patio space for container gardens. :(


Punky, come on down, and bring the wee-ones, but hurry, because it's getting really wet here, and that is the end of most of our 11 gardens.

All on 1/4 acres,with a big house and double garage, and decks and patios, and etc. Pretty much everything here has a very specific use, when I first got together with Dragggon, all I had was lawn, and a rhodie garden, and some Irises, and one strawberry patch, HE put in all the other gardens, and they are all raised gardens in blue stone, so they are pretty and easy to pick too.

Come on down, we still have berries, and tomatoes and herbs and grapes, apples, pears, apple-pears, almonds, hazelnuts and lavender, hyssop, mint, chocolate mint, oregano (3 kinds), basil basil and more basil, mushrooms, onions, garlic, arugala (ICK) rosemary, sage, parsley, thyme, squash and squash and more squash, and who knows what else.

The kids and you will have a blast.