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Kids’ Container Pizza Garden

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Create a Container Pizza Garden - We'll show you how easy it is to create and grow what you need for family pizza night

This Kids’ Container Pizza Garden tutorial includes links sponsored by EcoScraps and Walmart. All opinions are my own.

Create a Container Pizza Garden - We'll show you how easy it is to create and grow what you need for family pizza night

Do something different in the garden this year. Create a Container Pizza Garden. This easy project takes up a small amount of space, is a great way to get little ones involved with their food, and gives the whole family the ingredients needed for GREAT pizzas.

As a mom, I am always looking for new ways to get my kids to eat healthier. This garden  is a good project to get my kids involved with their food. It allows them to get dirty (a BIG PLUS if you asked them), teaches them how food is grown, and encourages them to try new foods.

I’m going to share with you how to make this fun container garden and then give you the chance to win a $50 Walmart gift card. That way you can pick up everything you need to make this garden at home.

 

Create a Container Pizza Garden - We'll show you how easy it is to create and grow what you need for family pizza night

 

This container pizza garden includes:

  • 24” diameter container, pot, or Whiskey barrel
  • Quality potting soil, like EcoScraps natural & organic potting mix
  • 1 Tomato (look for variety ideal for containers)
  • 1 Eggplant
  • 1 Bell Pepper
  • 1 Oregano
  • 1 Thyme
  • 1 Parsley
  • Basil (if you don’t have it going anywhere else)

These plants give you the ingredients to make a traditional pizza sauce, herbs and tomatoes for a simple flatbread, a Gluten Free Eggplant pizza, and more.

Homemade Pizza Crust

Try our homemade pizza crust recipe. It’s a staple in our house for every Pizza Night.

 

Create a Container Pizza Garden - We'll show you how easy it is to create and grow what you need for family pizza night

A successful container garden starts with soil

For any container garden, start with a quality potting soil. You want one that retains moisture, provides vital nutrients to your plants, and is free of synthetic chemicals.

Our local Walmart carries EcoScraps brand organic and sustainable lawn/garden products: compost, potting soil, garden soil, compost accelerator, vegetable plant food, and more. EcoScraps started taking food waste in 2010 from grocery stores and reusing it to create organic and natural garden products. By keeping food waste out of landfills, EcoScraps has been able to recycle 75 million pounds of food between 2011-2015. This year (2016), they are projected to recycle that much again in just 12 months.

Take a look at this video from EcoScraps.

In the United States, we waste 40% of the food produced. That is enough to fill the Rose Bowl every day. It sits in landfills producing methane, which is 20X more harmful than CO2. It’s great to see a company like EcoScraps making a positive difference. Walmart is their preferred distributor for EcoScraps, so you can find them at your local store too!

Create a Container Pizza Garden - We'll show you how easy it is to create and grow what you need for family pizza night

Continue onto the NEXT Page and I’ll share with you how to set up your own Container Pizza Garden. Plus you can enter to win a $50 Walmart Gift Card.

 

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    • Thanks Alison. My kids love love that it's "their" garden. I just can't wait to start using the herbs and tomatoes. I'll be sharing more pictures as my pizza garden grows on Instagram (http://instagram.com/lilfamadventure) with the hashtag #containerpizzagarden. I'd love to see your pizza garden too. Tag me when you get it in.
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  6. I love your container Pizza garden idea! We are growing tomatoes, green peppers, green beans, peas, carrots and strawberries!
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    • That is a great variety in your garden. I would love to grow strawberries. But the birds have always had a feast on the ones I've tried to grow.
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  9. What a fun idea!! My kids will love this. We enjoy growing herbs, so this will give them a little ownership and their own to take care of.
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    • I've found that when the kids grow things themselves, they are more likely to eat what they grow. That's why we added the eggplant to this one.
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  11. What a great way to get kids invested! And then, oh, my look at that, Pizza Garden produce in a salad... ;-) Funny, that, the way one thing can lead to another...
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      • multumesc de vizita, Corina! si pentru incurajari. Ti-am acceptat toate comentariile, nu apareau pentru ca asteptau sa fie moieeatr!feldcitari pentru curajul tau si pentru rabdarea cu aparatul.Eu am 27 de ani! :D si sper ca la 30 sa am dintii asa cum mi-i doresc.
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    • If I make it fun, they are more likely to get involved and want to participate. Developing healthy eating habits is an added bonus.
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      • Ihan OT, Jinnain mainitsema keskenkasvuinen haistattelu tuntuu olevan kovin suomalainen ilmiö. Itse luen blogeja viidellä kielellä ympäri maailman ja ainoa missä tohon törmää on täällä kotilandiassa. Mistäköhän sekin johtuu?
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    • I'm really liking the ecpScraps products. The potting mix holds moisture really well. The weather has been hot the past few days and the soil is still damp.
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  23. Oh we love to container garden! Right now I planted wax beans, green beans, peas, and lots of milkweed for the Monarchs! I would love to add some peppers and cucumbers to it!
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    • A butterfly garden would make a great container garden. I haven't grown wax beans before are they similar to growing peas or green beans?
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  25. We actually just put our garden in a couple of days ago. I always plant lots of tomatoes, we can them for use in the winter months. This year we also planted eggplant, zucchini, sweet corn and a variety of peppers. Pizza is my favorite food to make and eat! I almost always have dough in the refrigerator.
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    • I plant a lot of tomatoes too Jeffrey. I eat a LOT of salsa and like to make my own. So we'll can/preserve. Last year, I also started to dehydrate tomatoes for tomato sauce. It works great and saves so much space. With homemade dough always in the fridge, it sounds like your house is the place to be. :)
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  28. My grandma just moved from Oklahoma to where we live (Missouri) about 2 weeks ago! Love these gardening tips. I'd like to grow tomatoes, and bell peppers.
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  29. What a great and fun idea for kids! I would love to grow basil, tomatoes, cucumbers, and some fresh garlic.
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  30. We planted two types of tomatoes in pots, will probably be planting some herbs. Hopefully next year we will have some raised beds, due to physical issues regular gardening has become difficult. Love this pizza garden idea.
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  34. I've never grown anything. :( I don't know how. But even if I did, the amount of veggies and fruit I eat, I'd have to have a football field sized yard to grow enough. :)
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  36. Everythings planted!!! I'm growing onions, potatoes,garlic, snow peas, spinach, letuce, cucumbers, radish, beets, carrots,8 kinds of tomaotes, bell peppers, 6 kinds of hot peppers, dill, basil, eggplant, broccoli, strawberries, black berries, rasberries, blue berries, string beans (pole and bush), pumpkins and apples.
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  37. I really can't keep anything alive, but I would love to grow hot peppers this year. I put hot peppers (especially crushed red pepper flakes) in almost everything, so I'd like to be able to make my own stash instead of running to the store every time I run out.
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  40. I love making pizza from scratch, so this caught my eye - what a great idea! I'm hoping to have a rose bush this year.
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  43. I would like to grow some tomatoes, cucumbers and onions. Thanks for the chance to win such an amazing giveaway.
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  46. Thanks for the email that I was a winner. I responded to the email you sent earlier, hope you received it =)
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  47. Very good experience! I will follow you in future. I have a small garden but have not enough knowledge about garden. Your article is so much helpful. I could learn a lot. Thanks for sharing with us. Please keep up it in future.
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