This week it’s been all about the potatoes, from my home garden to the school garden—we’ve planted potatoes. And rather than bore you with the details yet again, I’ll share this one picture with you.
These are the youngest children we have involved in the garden and if you ever questioned how much fun kids in the garden can be, well, you won’t question it anymore. These boys and girls are each planting a cut potato seed for our future French fry bake lesson we have planned for April and they couldn’t be happier (or more pleased with themselves).
They each dug their hole, they each placed their potato inside and they each covered it with a mix of existing dirt and cow poop (potatoes LOVE cow poop, don’t you know?). And while it felt zoo-ish and zany at times—tends to happen when you have 30 children below the age of 9 together at one time—it was downright fun. A LOT of fun. If you have kids and you’re not gardening together? You are definitely missing out.
And if you have a child that refuses to eat their vegetables, I’ll let you in on a little secret: when they grow the vegetable by their own little hand, they will eat it (and enjoy it!). Trust me, these kids love to haul their bounty straight into the kitchen and cook those puppies right up! (Puppy as slang, kids, not cute & furry.)
It is WAY yum. And if your school doesn’t have a garden than sign them up for one. Raise your hand, gather a few friends, spring is on the horizon. How will you pay for it all? Easy. After a small initial investment in seeds, you can harvest your first bounty, save your seeds, create custom seed packets made and decorated by the kids (see my Kid Buzz section for easy instructions) and you’ve got yourself a school fundraiser!
Who wouldn’t pay $4.95 for a packet of seeds grown by their school’s students? Shoot, if I”m willing to pay $3.50 for a box of Girl Scout cookies that disappear within minutes, I should be willing to pay $4.95 for dozens of seeds that will produce hundreds more! Our sunflowers did. Our beans did. Our tomatoes did. And all were easy and fun to grow.
Think about it. Spring is just around the corner!
Love the seed packets!
Thank you! Kids really seem to enjoy them, too. 🙂