Your fear of large, black garden spiders will vanish the minute you see one crawling on the glove of a young gardener. You will be amazed at the speed in which you can flick the spider back into the garden. You might even retrieve the egg sac it was carrying and return it to the frightened spider.
This is really important, especially on a hot, sunny day. Remember to disconnect the sprinkler before you turn on the hose. There just might be 20 gardeners working in the area screaming, "Ahhhh! Turn off the hose!"
Check the leaf of parsley for a camouflaged caterpillar before tasting the parsley.
The dried pea is what you plant to grow peas.
Planting popped popcorn will not grow popcorn plants. Pop the corn after you harvest the ears of popcorn from the popcorn plants.
Don't touch the baby tomatoes growing in the garden. They might just fall off the plant.
While explaining how to draw a map of their garden in their journals, take a look at all of the crestfallen faces looking at you. Realize they just want to touch the soil and check out their growing plants. Scrap the journaling plans and watch the faces shine.
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