It makes perfect sense that we would schedule our gardening day on the chilliest one we've had lately. The kids are never dressed for the weather and quickly began to complain about the tortures I was deliberately inflicting on them. In the end, they did go outside and complete the task at hand.
We enlisted the assistance of a local community member when we began planning. She recruited a few local landscaping companies to donate loam to our efforts. The companies were more than willing and two dumptruck loads of loam soon appeared outside our room. We have enough dirt to fill a swimming pool! We're hoping that the Going Green Committee will continue with their plans to create a garden and use what's left over.
Our maintenance worker, Walter, offered up an idea to continue our lesson once the veggies are grown. He's an avid gardener himself and cans his tomatoes if he can't use all the fresh ones. He'll use the canned tomatoes for homemade sauce and other meals. I'm hoping we can have cans donated as well, and do that at the end of the growing season.
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