Colors of the Garden

Every color of the rainbow you can find in the garden.  No really!  Red from tomatoes, Orange from carrots, Yellow from corn, Green from lettuce, Blue from blueberries, and Purple from beans.  The garden is a pretty colorful place.  We made rainbow salads this time in class and every color was present. 

Now, the goal is to try to eat a rainbow everyday or at least most days.  Everyone took home a chart to map their progress toward the goal.  There will be a prize for those that fill out the chart!

We shelled a bunch of peas to plant next year and played Human Camera, capturing beautiful snapshots of the garden with our partners. 

Creepy Carrots was the title of the book this week.  Luckily no one got too creeped out although I was able to make volunteer Malia jump pretty good.  At the end of class we acted out commercials to encourage people to eat their veggies.  "Red, red, it's in my head," some of the jingles really stuck. 

We've Got The Beet

We've definitely got the beet...with about a 5" diameter.  We pulled up all sorts of beets during class, long ones, red ones, gold ones, and round ones.  Some were washed and sliced for fresh eating. Others were sent home for the veggie kids to share with their families.  Still others were juiced to make a paint.  We drew pictures and then filled them in with beet paint.

Our potatoes growing in grocery bags were ready for harvest.  So we turned them over to find all the gems inside. Who knew it could be that easy. 

After finding the potatoes we used one to play a nice game of hot potato. Did you know that potatoes originate from Peru and there were hundreds of varieties.  We see about four varieties in the store.  We grew a variety called Rose Gold that you don't typically find at your grocery store.  They are super creamy!  On a giant map, we charted which countries grew the most potatoes.  Spoiler...it's China.  After our potato geography lesson we had time to explore the trails behind the Y.  It was a beautiful day in the garden.  So much to eat and do.

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