Planted more corn at the preschool today, and harvested more snow peas.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (206144)
Walnut Creek, California
May 24, 2019 5:29pm CST
I've been growing corn, sunflowers, green beans, and snow peas with the kids at the preschool where I substitute teach.
It's been a thrill for the kids as the plants get "bigger bigger bigger," and a thrill for me as well.
Today, we harvested about 10 snow peas, which we shared at snack time, and also transplanted another corn plant which had been growing on my balcony.
I'm hoping we'll have a bunch of sunflowers, green beans, and tall corn by the end of the Summer (the snow peas will start to die off soon in the intense heat), but you never know. This is my first year working with kids at this particular preschool.
Wish us luck! I didn't bring my camera today, so I'll attach a picture from the Berkeley preschool when the corn was doing well. It's closer to the Bay, and further from California's "official" corn country.
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@xander6464 (40884)
• Wapello, Iowa
25 May 19
Gpod luck. I hope everything comes in great
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@xander6464 (40884)
• Wapello, Iowa
25 May 19
@TheHorse Cool. Getting to come to Iowa for a reunion is like going to Heaven twice.
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@TheHorse (206144)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
@xander6464 They built it. I will come.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
25 May 19
i jest dunno how ya can deal with so much cuteness! glad y'all got a taste 'f the harvest 'n 've shared the process. sadly most've their parents've prolly nary a clue's to how to garden.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
25 May 19
@TheHorse yes sir, they'd be't the prime age fer such. sadly, ya cannot shove knowledge 'nto a closed mind.
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@TheHorse (206144)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
@crazyhorseladycx Some people like to listen and learn. Others do not. Most kids do. So somehow that tendency gets "erased" over time in many of us. Sad.
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@arunima25 (85441)
• Bangalore, India
25 May 19
That's a wonderful thing you are doing with these young children. Gardening is a wonderful activity and it is a good way to bring them close to nature.
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@TheHorse (206144)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
@arunima25 I hope their parents allow them to have gardens at home if they ask.
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@marguicha (215640)
• Chile
24 May 19
Congratulations! I hope snow peas survive the heat.
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@hexeduser22 (7253)
• Philippines
25 May 19
How I wish I could do the same. I'm not a "green thumb" so anything I try plant ends up dying.
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@hexeduser22 (7253)
• Philippines
28 May 19
@TheHorse I will try and find the right plant for me
Thank you.
Thank you.
@shaqziad1610 (506)
• Malaysia
26 May 19
Getting the kids a hands-on experience in gardening and food source is a good approach. It is important to nurture those qualities early on into shaping the future of humanity.
I sound like a preacher, didn't I? Sorry. Your vision just invoked that in me.
@FourWalls (62317)
• United States
25 May 19
Do the kids take a real interest in growing, as in going home and asking their parents if they can plant something?
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 May 19
Its a good thing you`re doing Colin, my mom taught me, next my dad, to grow plants and food. So, look at me now, attempting to grow my own food year round and not doing to bad at it.
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@TheHorse (206144)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
@andriaperry It's funny. When I think of elementary school in Chicago, one of my happiest memories is when we had little gardens. I can't remember if it was fifth or sixth grade. I didn't get back into gardening until I worked with poor kids in Oakland and realized that growing stuff would be fun for them.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 May 19
@TheHorse Those children will never forget these plants.
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