Summer vacation is close; how do you plan to keep your child engaged? Here is a fun way to teach them gardening and keep them busy. Considering that gardening with your kids is a wonderful way to spend quality time together while teaching them about sustainability, summer is the ideal season to grow vegetables. The good news here is you don’t need to buy seeds, you can grow these four vegetables from kitchen scraps.

Here is a step-by-step instruction guide and ideas on how children can get involved in the process.

1. Tomatoes

Why you should grow them

Tomatoes are one of the most rewarding vegetables to grow, and they survive in the warmth of summer. Apart from tasting delicious, they are packed with vitamins and antioxidants. Growing tomatoes from scraps can lead to curiosity in children about how plants produce food.

Step-by-step process

Step 1: Take a ripe tomato and scoop out the seeds. Let them dry for a few days on a piece of paper towel.

Step 2: Get a shallow container and fill it with soil. Let your kids help with this by using a small trowel or their hands to place the soil in the container.

Step 3: Once the seeds are dry, plant them about one centimetre deep into the soil. Encourage your kids to space them out so each plant has room to grow.

Step 4: Place the container in a sunny........

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