Garden Problems
There are
many problems that can happen to a garden that might not make it as
successful. This lesson I created for
the curriculum, weeks after we first planted the seeds. However, I felt it was an important addition
to my son’s gardening education. For
this day, we had another lecture and here are some common problems we found in
our gardening adventure:
·
The first issue we seemed to have is animals
playing around the plants. We had a neighborhood cat that liked to walk on the
soil. We also had a bird that seemed
interested in the bell pepper plant.
o Solution
1: place a net around the grapes to prevent the birds from picking at them
o Solution
2: Place a small picket fence to keep other animals away from the garden areas
·
Another problem that we encountered was the
wind. The week after we planted the
seeds, we end up having very strong winds that blew the lightweight picket
fence right out of the ground. The
little bell pepper plant did not look very good the next few days, and we were
worried that the wind was too harsh on our plants.
o Solution
1: place a wind protector
·
Shriveling leaves and holes in the leaves could
mean your plant has bug problem or a disease.
o Solution
1: There are many solutions you can buy at the store to prevent and cure
diseases as well as deter bugs.
·
Leaves burning on the edges could mean that the
plant is not getting enough water or is getting too much water
o Solution
1: buy a moisture kit to determine if your plant is getting enough water.
o Solution
2: If weeds are sprouting in the garden, they should be pulled to avoid them
from stealing water from the vegetables or fruits.
After our discussion with the
problems and finding solutions that may help, I gave him a Garden math
worksheet that I created. It was simple
math for him, but he loved the garden word problems.
Link to Math Worksheet:
Link to Math Worksheet Answers:
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