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By Mary Whiting, keen gardener and early years consultant This is a good time to introduce the subject of gardening by doing some indoor activities. And you can start on a few adult jobs too!

This is a good time to introduce the subject of gardening by doing some indoor activities. And you can start on a few adult jobs too!

Indoors

* When the children are mixing a salad, or eating peas, discuss where plants come from and why they need soil.

* Balance potatoes and onions on jars of water and notice the different roots they produce.

* Grow cress on damp cotton wool in 'Humpty Dumpty' eggshells.

* Sprout aduki beans, mung beans, alfalfa seeds, chickpeas and brown or green lentils. Put the seeds into containers such as yoghurt pots, cover loosely, and rinse every day; add the sprouts to salads, soups etc.

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