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Gardening with grandchildren

A bug’s life

I USED to love drawing and painting, and when visiting my maternal grandparents we would do a bug hunt, catch and draw insects - and release them back into the garden afterwards.

This is a simple gardening activity for both adult and child. All you need is a dry, clean margarine tub and some soil or leaves to go into it, before adding the insect. Earthworms, beetles and ladybirds are normally quite

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