[kermit]

Aarrg!  Just got home from work to see the wife sheepishly waiting at the front door, apologising for leaving Master Kermit out in the garden unsupervised.  Turns out he was having a whale of a time digging the soil from my carefully prepared carrot containers and filling every other receptical he could find (bird baths, recycle bin, you name it).  Still, couldnt give him a row - he said he was 'growing daddys vegetables' 

Particularly aggrieved as I was getting worried about lack of germination (sowed 3 weeks ago) but checked this morning on way out and saw some tiny seedlings appearing.  Give me carrot root fly any day

Time to re-sow...

[mumofstig]

bless the little pest...........don't you just lov'em 

You'll have to try and find a bit...just for him to 'grow' things in

[peterjf]

we will have the same pest on our plot this summer , my 2 yr old grandson , yippee

[digalotty]

start em young 

[lucywil]

that's what we call 'friendly fire'!

[prakash_mib]

My 4 year old always like to dig and water the plants. he has his own spade and I will just mark a line (arbitrarily anywhere in the plot.. far from plants) and he will dig happily for some time. put all the earthworms he could find in a bucket and he pretends to make a soup  (dont know where he got that idea from)

[madcat]

put all the earthworms he could find in a bucket and he pretends to make a soup  (dont know where he got that idea from)

Do you eat a lot of noodle soup?  Or spaggetti?    Or is it a general comment on your cooking? 

[prakash_mib]

Do you eat a lot of noodle soup?  Or spaggetti?   

not noodle soup no no.. but spagetti occasionally yes
 

Or is it a general comment on your cooking?

I am not going to share my secret recipes with your people from now on!!! 

[flitwickone]

sorry about the carrots but im cracking up

[Zippy]

Chain him to the compost bin - if its good enough for my dog its ok for a 4 yo!

[hogchops]

 
give him an area, a spade & a bucket of water - did it for my 5 yr old son last year, he had hours of fun in his homemade swamp, found a couple of lost toys in it last week ,left over from last summer !

[plum crumble]

oh don't you worry, you can channel that interest into slavery  
My 4 year old grandson and 9 year old grand-daughter have work to do!!! Hmm, a little early for the wee mite born this New Year's Day......      

[Dan78]

ah bless him.. they are always trying to help!

My 2 and a half year old was with me at the allotment for a while over the weekend. He kept tripping up and I was worried about all the canes so i started pulling them out.. I turned round and hes stood there trying to pull out a big thick post that was hammered into the ground.. Just trying to help daddy 

Im taking him this weekend and Im going to teach him to pick up the stones from the carrot beds

[kermit]

Good idea with the 'kids corner'.  Of course, he couldnt just play in his lovely bespoke sandpit could he?! 

He's got a few potato sacks on the go, but insisted (like last year) putting a few dinky cars in with the seed potatoes to grow more cars