dirtgirl's Nature Detective Academy – Tomato

calling all nature detectives!

Hi nature detectives! It’s dirtgirl here.

Welcome to my Nature Detective Academy! Would you like to go outside exploring with me on a nature detective academy mission? Let’s discover tomatoes!

listen to the ‘tomato’ episode

Roll up your sleeves and get ready to get grubby with my Nature Detective Academy kids’ podcast! Each episode is full of fun things to do … poems, tips, amazing facts, and real-life nature sounds to connect you with the outside, before you’ve even stepped out the door! Click on the play button to listen to today’s ‘tomato’ episode.

save your own tomato seeds

Have you ever tried to save your own tomato seeds? There’s a bit of a trick to saving tomato seeds! Jump over to my blog post to find out how.

did you know?

Tomatoes are a fruit, not a vegetable!

Tomatoes aren’t just red ... they come in lots of different types of colours.

Tomatoes love to grow in the warm seasons.

Tomatoes love to be grown near basil, parsley, carrots and marigolds.

Tomatoes don’t like growing near corn, peas or beans!

Tomatoes love compost!

funky in the compost

Are you ready to “get funky in the compost” with me? Calling all nature detectives! It’s time to get up and get funky!

colour in

Here’s something to print and colour in.

nature detective mission

Here’s your take away mission … next time you see a tomato growing in a garden take a picture or make a video of you doing the funky in the compost dance.

Post a pic or video to social media use the hashtags #dirtgirlworld #iamoutside to make sure I discover it! Or you can post it on the Kinderling Kids Radio and dirtgirlworld Facebook pages. Just check with your grown-ups first, as different families have different rules for social media and we are totally cool with that.

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Bye nature detectives!

See you next time for a new nature detective mission.