Advice for first time gardeners

[couponmommyof3]

My kids made the small planter baskets at Home Depot yesterday. I'm going to go back this week and get dirt and seeds. My kids are 3 and 5 so I need to find a super easy plant or flower to grow. Any suggestions to make this a fun non-disappointing thing for them?

TIA!

[3timesoccermom]

Zinnias are super easy to grow - not sure in baskets though. Maybe if you get one of the mini-varieties that stays short. They come in lots of colors.

[Merczilla]

Veggie or flower? Marigolds are easy. Radishes and lettuce are easy growers, too. Tomatoes can be sorta easy.

[3timesoccermom]

Bean seeds will almost never disappoint as far as sprouting. Now if you're expecting them to produce, not sure.

[TiggerToo]

Same as posters above, I have had super luck with tomatoes, radishes, lettuce and beans seeds...and I am a huge herb gardener!

[tacatcon]

If you are doing flowers I also vote for marigolds. Did those last year with my 4 year old!

[couponmommyof3]

I think marigolds are the way to go! I did those one year in my late teens and it was super easy! I wish I could do more and I wish that I could really have a garden (dream of mine) but we are in an apartment right now and even with hubby's job we move too often. BUT I am hopeful that one day SOON we will have a house to call HOME and call it that for many many years!