Wednesday, June 1, 2011

FINALLY

So, I gave up on waiting for the guy to rototill the garden, and we did it the old-fashioned way. Kids were outside for half of each class yesterday hoeing, shoveling, and raking our way to a garden.




It was such a great learning experience. We learned about sassafras since the whole courtyard began to fill with the aroma of root beer as we dug up the earth. We found all of the stages of the beetle life cycle/metamorphosis. We learned how to use tools (never assume a kid has seen a garden tool before!) It was fun and amazing. After we got most of the land cleared, it was time to put in a few plants.









Ta-dah! We are making our way to a garden!