Easy Carrot Planting

Sand is tactile fun for toddlers in the garden

We saved some space in our garden beds and decided to plant carrots, since they can go in mostly year-round here and are so fun for little ones to pull up. However, the tiny seeds are not easy for small hands to plant. So we mixed a spoonful of carrot seeds in a dish of playground sand and gave the baby her own dish of sand to play with.
We drew shallow grooves in the soil a few inches apart and sprinkled the sand in them. The white sand in contrast to the dark soil also makes it easier to see where you’ve covered.