Dirt Dessert Recipe, What Is Soil, Gardener Gift Ideas

There are few kids - and not so few gardeners - who won't enjoy this garden-inspired dessert, especially if you remember gummy worms! But we get ahead of ourselves.

You'll Need: 1/4 cup margarine, 1/2 cup icing sugar, 8 oz cream cheese, two 4oz pkg vanilla pudding, 3 1/2 cup milk, Whipped Topping, Chocolate Waffer Crumbs. Small clean flower pots.

To Make: Cream together the margarine, icing sugar and cream cheese. Mix together the pudding, milk and cool whip. In a clean flower pot layer crumbs, mixture, crumbs, cream, etc. Adding gummy worms or candy flowers is purely optional but a fun delicious touch!

To easily make gifts for flower gardeners you'll need: A container like a basket, terra cotta pot or our quilted gift bag; selection of plant seeds either from your garden or a local nursery. And yes, pick up those small inexpensive seed packets, they provide just enough seed for small flower patches. If you're not sure what to pick, start with zinnias for flowers and radishes for vegetables. They are both easy to grow and very tolerant of dry summer conditions. Add a pair of small garden tools (photo) These are lightweight, easy to clean, have ergonomic handles to minimize hand stress and work well for gardening in pots and small areas. Any flower gardener would also appreciate a good pair of trimmers and leather gardening gloves you can personalize with their name or initials. For a flower gardener gift that keeps on giving, make a bulb flower garden. Add our recipe for dirt dessert or gardener's hand cream or make some yourself for a lovely handmade gardening gift.

Some gardeners will get upset if you refer to the growing medium as dirt. Dirt implies something unwelcome and unclean. Soil is the right term to describe the combination of minerals and live organic matter that helps plants grow. For the best growing soil, make sure to regularly mix compost in your garden. You can either buy compost or make your own.