This afternoon after school some friends and I conducted one of our twice monthly Eco Club meetings. Today's topic, the school garden. The kiddos got to help us select a location for the garden and then we sat them down and talked about what kind of vegetables we want to plant in our garden. One of my fellow Eco Moms taped pictures of veggies up on the wall and let the kids put sticky notes up under the veggie that they most wanted to see in the garden. A fun activity and of course, strawberries won with an incredible majority. Then we went through each veggie and talked about them because ya know, lots of kids don't even know what an unprocessed veggie even looks like.
Our 3rd or 4
th veggie was the cucumber which I think only two kids voted for. So I asked the kids, what can a
cucumber be used for...hoping to get them more excited about one of my personal faves.
Kid #1 says, For Salads! Great answer Kid #1, yes, they are quite yummy in salads.
Kid #2 says, For
Pickles! Yes, exactly Kid #2, cucumbers can be turned into pickles and maybe we can do that with our cucumbers.
Okay moving on...oh wait...Kid #3, yes, what would you like to add that a cucumber be used for?
Kid #3 replies, Spa Treatments!
Ahhhh yes, spa treatments. Let's not forget about the spa treatments. Miss Jenn subscribes to her local produce co-op specifically for the great value on spa treatment items.
Life in the bubble does at least have its entertainment value.
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