Ms. Soo's 1st Graders Plant in Their Salad Garden

This week Ms. Soo's 1st graders planted in their raised bed. The bed is right by their classroom so they'll be able to watch the seeds germinate and grow.

Before planting the children used trowels to turn the soil. We had added some Armstrong's Organic Compost the day before. They learned that trowels are small and shovels are big.

The children planted heirloom lettuce seeds and carrot seeds that were donated to the school by Seed Savers Exchange and Renee's Garden.  They planted orange and purple carrots. The bed already contains some arugula that was self seeded from last year's plants.

The lettuce seeds and carrot seeds are very tiny. The children sprinkled them on the soil and then barely covered them. The rule for planting depth is to plant twice the diameter of the seed.