When I was a child, our family had a garden about a half acre in size. It doesn’t sound like much for a yard maybe; but as a garden – it was huge. Besides providing our family with year around practically free fruits and vegetables, that garden taught us a lot of lessons about work, life and even faith.
You don’t have to have any yard to grow a garden. Life in New York City taught me about container and patio gardens. Really all you need is some dirt, some seeds or starter plants and an outdoor space. Let your children help plan the garden and buy the supplies. Their participation in the planting and care of the plants and seeds is crucial if you want to use the garden to teach your children some faith lessons.
The actual plants you use is not really important. You could have some extra fun trying to grow plants mentioned in the Bible, but any plants that produce food will work. There are several possible faith lessons you can teach your children with your garden, but here are a few of my favorites: