While gardens in other parts of the country are blanketed with early snows, it's finally cool enough here to nestle fragile young plants in the ground!
After clearing the soil, we are working on an edible garden, filled with herbs,
including dill,
fennel (rub the leaves--or chew on the seeds--to release a powerfully sweet licorice),
lemon balm,
parsley,
rosemary,
and Mexican mint marigold (a favorite for Dia de los Muertos!).
The children also planted a few salad starters:
Swiss chard,
Mesclun lettuce,
and broccoli,
along with some seeds:
tricolor beans
and more lettuce.
Special thanks to Kay for working with small groups of children in the garden!
There's a Book for That!
Walking the World in Wonder: A Children's Herbal by Ellen Evert Hopman
And the Good Brown Earth by Kathy Henderson
Dirt by Steve Tomecek
Strega Nona's Harvest by Tomie dePaola
Not yet published: Secrets of the Garden by Kathleen Zoehfeld (I can't wait to see this book! I heard about it when Kathy was developing the ideas for the book, and I understand there's a hawk predator!)
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