For the last several years, the
kids at Our House have grown
fruits and vegetables in their
own edible garden. Ben Goodwin,
Our House’s Grants Manager
and an organic farmer, spends
time each week educating the
Our Club kids in the garden.
Our Club spent last week learning
where our food comes from.
We started by visiting Damien at Dunbar Garden. We learned that bees are
the reason plants continue to grow all
over a garden. When bees eat from the
flowers, they spread seeds. We got
close to the bees, and they did not bite.
We learned that bees only bite when
their home is threatened. They buzzed
all around us. We also learned about
the role of chickens on a farm. They
eat and fertilize the farm so plants
can grow large. We learned that real
eggs are all colors, even green, and
that eggs from a farm are not white.
When we returned to our own garden,
we picked what we had been growing.
This week we picked lettuce, cleaned
it, and made salads. It tasted delicious
with all those vegetables. Some of us
liked the salad even more than chips!
We love working in our garden every
Wednesday. We have been growing so
much we needed to add a whole
patch. We covered Ms. Katy in dirt,
and she was black from head to toe. It
was really fun.
Heifer also taught us about gardens
and communities during Garden
Week. They came to Our Club to talk
about the role that animals have in
impoverished countries. Now we are
hoping that Our Club’s garden can get
some chickens. Maybe we can have a
whole farm!
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