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Dawn Isaac

Interests: gardening, garden design, my family, films, living the martha stewart dream (without serving the prison time), sanity-saving adult conversation whenever possilble

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How to grow magic roots

(Photograph: Kate Whitaker) This project from 101 Brilliant Things for Kids to do with Science falls under the 'indoor gardening' category - which, given the vagaries of Easter weather, is no bad thing. You Will Need: Scissors Suitable plant Small... Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2017 at little green fingers

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How to make floral sun catchers

(photography: Kate Whitaker) Another project from 101 Brilliant Things for Kids to do with Science - and a good one to get going on because you're going to need to allow the children time to press flowers. Start now and... Continue reading

Posted Apr 6, 2017 at little green fingers

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How to crystallise flowers

Photography: Kate Whitaker This is one of the projects from my new book - 101 Brilliant Things for Kids to do with Science. Considering this book took me half of last year to write and nearly killed me in the... Continue reading

Posted Apr 2, 2017 at little green fingers

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How to grow cress initials

I need some cheering up. Between hard Brexits and orange presidents, it's not looking like a good week. Usually I rely on my garden for solace but it's either too wet, too cold, or just too January for my liking.... Continue reading

Posted Jan 17, 2017 at little green fingers

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Cake decorating with edible flowers

My daughter has big ideas. Lots of them. This is brilliant and I love her for it. The only downside is I often get dragged into these ideas and, quite frankly, they're exhausting. Take last week for example. "Mummy, can... Continue reading

Posted Apr 29, 2016 at little green fingers

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Growing pea shoots with children

When you work in the world of horticulture people assume you can grow anything. Well people are wrong. One of my many personal failings is in pea growing; it never goes well. As a result, I had all but given... Continue reading

Posted Mar 16, 2016 at little green fingers

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How to make ice mobiles

Having just looked at the weather forecast for half term I can safely say 'pyjama days' are going to feature quite a lot in the next week. Of course there's not reason I can't be a 'do as I say,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 13, 2016 at little green fingers

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How to make a plant pot bird feeder (with added bling)

They dress up in feathers, show off with mid air stunts and screech at the top of their voices in the early hours of every morning - so don't try and tell me birds aren't total divas. And divas, as... Continue reading

Posted Jan 29, 2016 at little green fingers

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How to get free stuff for your school gardening club!

I know - it's not exactly a classy headline, but at least it got your attention - and that's good because school gardening clubs can do with as much support as possible. On a freebie search, your first port of... Continue reading

Posted Jan 25, 2016 at little green fingers

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How to fund a school or community garden

One of the hardest parts of setting up a school or community garden is finding financial or hands on help to get things off the ground. Thankfully, there are lots of places you can go for help - it's often just a matter of knowing where to start. Continue reading

Posted Jan 18, 2016 at little green fingers

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How to grow a garden from scraps

Grown-ups have a habit of throwing away useful stuff - especially in the kitchen. In fact almost any time they go near fruit and vegetables something goes to waste. Well now you can teach them some better habits by showing how to grow new plants from their scraps. Continue reading

Posted Dec 7, 2015 at little green fingers

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How to make colour changing drinks

Picture copyright: Kyle Books/Rachel Warne Today on the blog, I have the most exciting thing you can do with a cabbage. It's also a project taken from my new book - 101 Things For Kids To Do On A Rainy... Continue reading

Posted Nov 3, 2015 at little green fingers

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101 Things For Kids To Do On A Rainy Day

I'm not awfully good at this self promotion lark. It just doesn't seem terribly...well...'polite' does it? However, I am overcoming my English reserve to say this: I have a new book out! Was that too much? I'm thinking the exclamation... Continue reading

Posted Oct 23, 2015 at little green fingers

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How to plant an alpine wheelbarrow

Wheelbarrows ROCK! I should say this more often (although perhaps not at social events - people are surprisingly bored by my wheelbarrow-based small talk). But in terms of children's gardening, they are pretty much the perfect container. Over the years... Continue reading

Posted Sep 28, 2015 at little green fingers

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Fire pits, pre-teens and tattoos

This felt like a watershed summer. It marked the end of my having three 'young children' because, like it or not, one of them is now definitely entering 'pre-teenhood' and from all accounts things are set to change. Admittedly, we're... Continue reading

Posted Sep 16, 2015 at little green fingers

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Investing in garden play equipment: what to choose

I'm not anti spending money - especially on life's essentials like bunting - but I'll admit I'm not a fan of waste - or paying over the odds. I didn't realise this was such a strong family trait until a... Continue reading

Posted Jun 3, 2015 at little green fingers

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I run my life very much like a 1970s Japanese car plant. Yes - I am a true believer in the Just-In-Time methodology. As much as I'd like to think this has made me incredibly productive, the real result is... Continue reading

Posted Jun 1, 2015 at little green fingers

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Making outdoor bunting

Picture: 101 Things For Kids To Do Outside (Kyle Books/Will Heap) There are a few things in life with which I can find no fault: champagne, Betty's Afternoon Tea Room Blend, Tunnock's Caramel Wafers and, of course, bunting. Of course,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 9, 2015 at little green fingers

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Growing windowsill garlic

It is difficult to inspire children to garden in the winter. No scratch that. It's difficult to inspire anyone to garden in the winter. The list of 'jobs to do this month' are a little sad in November, thin in... Continue reading

Posted Jan 22, 2015 at little green fingers

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Top 10 Christmas garden activities for children

Of course some might equally entitle this blog post "recycling old stuff" but, hey, those people are cynics: accurate cynics, but cynics none the less. What's more, they're not getting a mince pie. There! That should teach them. For the... Continue reading

Posted Dec 9, 2014 at little green fingers

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Making eggshell gardens

I have been planting up eggshells. Yes, I know that sounds weird. Well actually it is a little weird, but I have to admit I'm rather taken with our miniature eggshell planters. It is actually something I saw in a... Continue reading

Posted Nov 21, 2014 at little green fingers

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Collecting flower seeds with children

Photo credit: Will Heap/Kyle Books (Image from 101 Things For Kids To Do Outside) Seed collecting is perfect for the lazy gardener. Whenever someone looks sniffily at your bolted lettuces or wonders why you haven't been deadheading the flowers, you... Continue reading

Posted Oct 24, 2014 at little green fingers

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Play the autumn treasure memory game

Autumn is a generous season. Winter is dramatic, spring enthusiastic and summer's just a little bit showy, but autumn is all about the giving. One minute it's fresh apples and blackberries, the next it's pinecones and conkers. So when the... Continue reading

Posted Oct 23, 2014 at little green fingers

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How to plant a bulb bucket

"There's a hole in my bucket dear Liza, dear Liza, there's a hole in my bucket. dear, Liza, a hole. "Well plant it, dear Henry. And please stop repeating yourself." OK, so the original song might have been slightly different,... Continue reading

Posted Oct 22, 2014 at little green fingers

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How to make a wind clunk

Photo credit: Will Heap.Kyle Books (Images from 101 Things For Kids To Do Outside) Today is taking 'blustery' to a whole new level, so perhaps it's fitting that I'm writing about wind clunks. And, yes I did say 'clunks' because,... Continue reading

Posted Oct 21, 2014 at little green fingers

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