The past weeks have been a whirl wind as the school year wraps up! This week's blog post is a quick round-up of the garden activities that kindergarten, second grade, sixth grade and Garden Club have been enjoying in the last weeks before summer break.
Garden Club has been trying some new recipes using lots of spring crops! This week it was Brussels Sprouts! The stalks were nearly as tall as our students, but that didn't stop them from hauling them out of the ground, picking each little round sprout, and cooking them up. The students shredded the Brussels Sprouts and cracked open fresh macadamia nuts from our garden to make a yummy pasta dish similar to
this recipe. Everyone gave it two big thumbs up! Who says kids won't eat Brussels sprouts?!
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| Garden Club harvested Brussels Sprouts! |
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| Two thumbs up for Garden Club's whole wheat pasta with shredded Brussels Sprouts and Macadamia Nuts (both from the garden!) |
Kindergarten learned more about the garden by singing a song about the 6 parts of a plant. Then they made food art with examples of each part of a plant -- fruits, flowers, leaves, stems, roots and seeds. While snacking on their art, some students drew their own plants.
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| plant part art |
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| kindergarteners draw and label plants |
The World Change Club came out to the garden and helped with numerous harvests! They washed and prepared kale for a yummy kale salad and lemons that family members will enjoy during the Science Showcase.
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| washing kale |
Students also had the opportunity to learn all about chickens, to visit the garden chickens & give them a snack... and to make their own chicken art! Second grade even used the chicken eggs to make a healthy brown rice & veggie 'fried' rice!
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| kindergarten students feed the chickens some collard greens |
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| chicken art! |
