Cue Plan B

Garden Club Kick-off 2023 was forced inside by light rain this afternoon. 

Our group of four not-to-be-deterred students sorted native pollinator seeds we'd collected together last Fall into mini-envelopes that we plan to give-away on Earth Day. Separating the flat, brown milkweed seeds from their delicate, white parachutes was not as challenging as capturing the flying fluff that then took flight around the room. 

Like humans, plants need self-preservation techniques to survive.

For a field trip from Room 270, we visited the two light tables in our building to inspect seedlings: the spring greens in Ms. Leonberger's room (bok choy, collards, curly kale) and the ELD Science trays of roma tomatoes, jalapeños, zinnias, and marigolds. Ever since we realized that we needed timers to give our baby plants a good night's rest, they are so much happier. 

Like humans, plants need darkness to ultimately thrive.

Ms. Brown's freshly-baked cookies, containing basil-lime butter that she'd made from the end of last Fall's basil crop, hastily harvested before the first frost and subsequently stored in the freezer, topped off the afternoon for us. Today was a good start to what we hope will be another fun season of growing, learning, and serving our local community. Plan B was a total success!

Like nature, humans learn to adapt.