Digging for Potatoes

Its hard to believe that its already Mid July, we are well into the middle of our growing season as well as our Migrant Head Start program, and I have only a few more weeks before my Americorps position is over. The garden project has taken a little different shape over the summer and our activities have been less structured- I show up during the classes outside and the kids come hang out with me, water the plants, plant new seeds, and sample the different vegetables. We have had all kinds of greens to sample: radishes, peas, strawberries, and everyones' favorite- carrots. Last week we had a great time at Jose Pedro- one of the teachers mentioned her class was making potato salad the next day with her class, which happened to be absolutely perfect because the potatoes were ready and I was going to have one of the classes help me dig them up. We harvested almost 30 little red potatoes from the one little corner of the garden. The kids loved the potato salad they made the next day. I was so happy the class was able to do this- these are the kinds of moments that make the school garden movement most worthwhile. The kids happily took part in every aspect of growing, harvesting, preparing and eating healthy delicious food, which I believe will help solidify their taste for healthy foods in the future. Here are some pictures from our potato digging adventure.