school garden-if they plant it they will eat it

SCHOOL GARDEN-IF THEY PLANT IT THEY WILL EAT IT

in the school garden where i volunteer each week the kids start the year with a tomato thats actively growing
i try to plant a sweet 100 tomato or sungold tomato in the late spring and keep it growing over the summer so that as the school season starts they can harvest and snack on tomatoes from the garden

then
they plant the things like what you see in the picture above in the garden
when its ready to harvest
we have a harvest day and eat it usually that day

eg
today we will harvest their mixed lettuce mix from the garden and will take the leaves to make a lettuce taco out of the leaf
into the lettuce taco they will put eg today sweet peas harvested from the garden and a few piece of green onion thats growing in the garden and some celery that i brought with me today

yes
they will eat celery and green onions in these lettuce tacos
and
most will go back for 2nd and 3rd helpings

also growing in the garden are some carrots that they planted in the fall
that harvest will be coming up after spring break
yes
they pull them out of the ground
hold them by the green stalk and wash them real good then munch away like a bunch of rabbits

fyi
ms b will get to be one of these kindergardeners next year
im excited as is she

there is a crop of romaine lettuce we planted a few weeks ago that will serve as our next round of lettuce tacos after spring break

also in the garden are swiss chard and curly leaf kale and dinosaur kale and red kale that the teacher will harvest and make smoothies with these nutrient rich veggies

yes
they all drink the smoothies and want more

also
in the garden they grow herbs like mint and oregano and thyme and rosemary and lavender

also
they grow flowers some that are edible like the nasturtium and the calendula and the borage flowers

they also collect close to 300 gallons of rainwater
yes if you ask these 5 year olds how to tell how much water is in the tanks they will be able to tell you at least 3 if not more ways to measure it

they compost in a larger black composter
they also do worm composting
using the worm juice from the worm composter to fertilize the plants with

so
yes
parents
if they plant it they will eat it

the organicgreen doctor