And I do mean cooking! We were back in the kitchen this week, enjoying fresh potatoes, sweet onions and delectable rosemary–all from our garden. In fact, the potatoes were harvested over the last several days, to the delight of all involved. In fact, I’m not sure who was more excited, the lower elementary kids or the middle school students!
All learned how to swim for potatoes and agreed: it’s a lot like digging for buried treasure. (Like I always say, having your own garden is way cool.) It’s a dirty job, but definitely a fun one.
The younger crowd even found some the middle schoolers missed. A feat that may not go unmentioned. And what happens if we accidentally leave some in the ground?
Mother Nature will take care of them (hopefully reward us with an unexpected harvest come fall!). That would be awesome, because if I’ve learned one thing from this school garden experience, it’s that we didn’t plant near enough to satisfy these kids. From carrots to scallions, broccoli to strawberries, these kids were always ready for more. A good thing, in my book!
With our baskets full and our bellies empty, we cooked up trays for sampling. Throughout the afternoon, the kids floated on air, much like the scent of roasting vegetables and rosemary.
Okay, that’s not exactly true. They were wiggling, giggling, holding their nose, pushing for a view–just as you’d expect when presented with the opportunity to learn how to prepare their very own vegetables! It is exciting. Nothing better than eating what you grew.
So as the adult in charge, I bumped up my tolerance level to “extremely patient” and off we went. I showed them how to clean their potatoes, chop them into pieces, coat them with olive oil, tossing in some sweet onions and fresh garden rosemary. Mmmmm…. We roasted them and devoured them, all in the space of one fun-filled hour in school.
Does it get any better?
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