April 30th, 2015
Dia Del Ninio, a day to celebrate children...and celebrate they did. Regular classes at Ramon Corona Elementary School were suspended. Instead the classrooms and playgrounds were full of song, dance, costume contest participants and food...all part of the day's special agenda.
At the end of the short school day the children came into the organic garden to wander, help water, weed and collect seed.
Maestro Brad leading the seed harvest
Bryan harvesting Daikon radish seeds
Bryan y su col
Bryan was especially taken with the Chinese col and asked to take one home. The plant was almost as big and heavy as he was. I asked him who the chef was in his family and he responded "mi papa". Bryan's mother was there and I asked her if she thought the family could eat the entire plant...she said "yes" and planned on sharing the food with her sister's family and her mother, Bryan's abuela. So we dug up the col, put it into Bryan's arms and off the family went.
Seeds harvested
Girasoles
Melon
Fco. y Los Boyz
As the school year winds down, plans for future organic gardens are brewing. We plan on having 2 gardens next school year: one for the 5th grade class and one for the new 4th graders.
Thank you once again to all those who have helped, supported and nurtured this project.
Your efforts are growing exponentially.
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