Kids in the Garden.

Kids in the Garden. Kids in the Garden Elizabeth McCorquodale Black Dog Publishing Limited 10a Action Street, London WC1X 9NG, United Kingdom info@blackdogonline.com 9781906155926 $15.95 www.blackdogonline.com Kids in the Garden is a family-friendly, step-by-step guide togrowing edible plants, rounded out with a smattering of tasty recipes tomake use of the garden produce. Full color photographs on virtuallyevery page illustrate the step-by-step instructions that amateurgardeners of all backgrounds can readily follow. In addition toguidelines for raising specific edible plants such as carrots, broadbeans, raspberries, cucumbers, and potatoes, there is a detailedintroductory section concerning general gardening matters like basichomemade compost, making a bird feeder, and protecting plants from pestsin ways that don't involve pesticides (such as a simple plank ofwood placed directly on damp soil as a slug trap--slugs are drawn to itcan be simply picked up and sent away). Kids in the Garden is aneco-friendly way to get parents and children involved together in acreative, healthy, and educational activity, and highly recommended.