Kids and Horticulture

Children sowing seeds in a backyard vegetable bed with saguaro cacti and Arizona desert mountains behind them
Arizona

Blue-Ribbon Veggies at the Arizona State Fair: Start Your Own Cool-Season Seed Trial This Week

The Arizona State Fair runs through Nov. 1, and its horticulture entries include home-grown vegetables....
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Two children picking the last ripe tomatoes in a backyard garden with autumn-colored Appalachian hills behind them
first frost

West Virginia's Fall Freeze Is Here: Save Your Last Tomato Seeds and Turn Them Into a Homeschool Germination Lab

A statewide freeze warning is ending tomato season across West Virginia. Here's how to rescue...
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Two children at a backyard picnic table near Ozark woods scooping seeds from a pumpkin into a bowl of water
Arkansas

Before You Toss the Pumpkin Guts, Arkansas: Turn Jack-o'-Lantern Seeds Into a Homeschool Seed Lab

Carving pumpkins in Arkansas this month? Save the seeds for a free float-and-sprout experiment that...
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