Ms. Farrell's Students Plant a Rainbow Garden

This week Ms. Farrell's 3rd graders continued planting in their raised garden bed. As the 3rd grade is studying "Eating a Rainbow", they planted seeds of different colored vegetables.

They planted heirloom Little Finger Carrots, Tom Thumb Lettuce, Touchstone Gold Beet, Red Salad Bowl Lettuce, and Valentine's Day Blend Radish.  The last three types were donated by High Mowing Organic Seeds.

The children learned about succession planting-that means planting seeds in succession (in this case 3-4 weeks) to ensure a longer harvest period. Some of the lettuce, eggplant and radishes that they'd planted in December have already germinated.

We'll be using some lesson ideas from Whole Kids Foundation to reinforce the concept of Eating a Rainbow.

Some cooking ideas: make a fruit kebab with different color vegetables or make a salad with different colors of vegetables.