In February, we harvested beets, broccoli, lettuce, peas, cilantro, radishes and carrots. We discussed the parts of the plants that we were eating. Some of the carrots that we harvested were "Cosmic Purple" - a reddish purple carrot and some of the radishes were "Easter Egg Mix", a variety from white to pink to purple. So we discussed how vegetables, just like people, can be different colors, sizes and shapes. Each has it's advantages and disadvantages, but all are delicious in their own way!
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Spring seems to have missed the Garden completely and Summer has come to the Nature Center early. The students helped to get our Garden ready for warm weather planting and enjoyed the wildflowers and other plants blooming. January is not very winter-like in Southern California! Under clear blue skies our Garden Club and Garden Helpers raked up the ash tree leaves and moved them to the Nature Center to serve as mulch. The mulch will suppress weeds and make them easy to pull out. It will help with water evaporation - something they all know about from Mr. Zawacki's lessons - and eventually become compost and thus, food for our plants. But what is a pile of leaves REALLY for, except to play in?!
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