[samiam1972]

My oldest son doesn't want anything to do with the garden or the animals. Oldest daughter wants more animals. Middle daughter wants more flowers. The other four are hit and miss right now, still young. It really is a skill that is so important to at least try! I struggle with gardening but keep plugging away. It isn't easy. I see folks online that talk about a SHTF scenario and how they'll just grow food but have never actually tried to garden. Ugh! I only get anything done because my dad is a farmer at heart. He keeps nudging me along.

Now that I think about it, the oldest daughter has recently expressed an interest in gardening so she can grow plants she can use as natural dyes for the rabbit wool. I bought her a book so she can tell me what she wants to plant. Maybe your granddaughter just hasn't figured out her niche yet! Maybe start small with lemon balm or lavender and let her make lip balm or soap with it? Just a thought. :0)

[greeneyes]

She likes to draw dinosaurs and play on the computer, but maybe I’ll come up with something.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

samiam1972 :".. the oldest daughter has recently expressed an interest in gardening so she can grow plants she can use as natural dyes for the rabbit wool."

www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-make-vegetable-dye-140050
Natural dyes and mordants (set colors) with instructions
raspberries -red
Fresh birch leaves = Yellow
Elderberries = Lilac to violet
Walnut husks and shells = Dark brown
Pine cones = Reddish-yellow
Mulberries = Deep purple -ask my white truck about the color !

Best overall source on historical natural dyes (and mordants =set color) :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_dye