Grow your own

Harvesting home-grown fruit and veg is a great way to help children learn about where their food comes from. Kids will love sowing seeds, watering young plants and eating the food they’ve helped to grow

Here are some of the best fruit and veg to grow at home with the kids:

Courgettes Easy to grow from

l seed, and a generous harvest if watered and picked regularly.

Tomatoes Bush tomatoes can be

l grown in pots or hanging baskets. Children will love eating sweet, juicy tomatoes straight from the vine.

Strawberries While it’s now too

l late to plant seeds, you can pick up small plants for little ones to nurture. Plant in a strawberry pot in a sunny spot off the ground.

Lettuce and herbs These can be

l grown in window pots, inside or out. Choose varieties that you can’t easily get in the shops, and let the kids snip off the leaves themselves to make their own salads.