Family Garden

."..garden projects that involve the whole family-in other words, ways to get children and parents working and playing together. The authors provide step-by-step instructions on building an arbor, hopscotch blocks, a sailboat in which to grow vegetables, a small Tudor cottage hideaway for children, a scarecrow, a horse-drawn wagon (...flowers and vegetables grow in the wagon), and a four-foot plywood cowboy. Other projects include a compost bin, a garden shed, a vegetable trellis, a sundial, a garden bench, and a bird feeder....Give(s) basic instructions on composting, starting seeds indoors, soil preparation, watering, mulching, and cultivating....harvest projects for children offer...such activities as carving pumpkins and painting and decorating gourds."-- "Booklist. 160 pages (all in color), 74 b/w illus., 8 1/2 x 11.