Avant Yard: 75 tricks to get your kids outdoors
- by Diane Rixon on Jul 11th 2008 2:00PM
- kids, recreation, seasonal, gardening and plants, landscaping, nature

Okay, okay. So the backyard is not the great outdoors. True. But the main thing is to get the kiddos out in the fresh air, learning about nature, and learning about the noble pursuit of maintaining a garden.
Getting their hands dirty
1. Ask them to help with the weeding. Pay them a small amount of pocket money for their time.
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