Growing Gardens!

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Eating healthy begins with making healthy food choices.

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Miss McGeady asked if anyone in Mrs. Yollis' class grows their own vegetables or fruit. 

I sent an email out to parents, and it turns out that Trent, Caleb, and our friend, Mrs. Ranney, all enjoy growing their own food to eat!

Trent's garden

 

 In the lower front portion on the

left is squash, in the middle back is lettuce, in front of that is a patch
of carrots.  The right lower portion has five different types of tomatoes.

Our most prized portion though is the upper tier.  It is filled with our
artichokes.  You can see that they grow in big bushes and the chokes growout of them.  We like to steam them and eat the leaves, but the best part is the heart.  Our dog, Dodger, even likes to the eat the leaves too.

We have had up to 45 artichokes growing at the same time!

If you leave them too long, they go to flower.  The flower is so beautiful
though that we let a few go every season just to see the gorgeous purple
plant!

Artichokes a plenty! 

   

An artichoke that was allowed to flower. 

 

Mrs. Ranney's garden! 

 

 Here is Mrs. Ranney's garden from last year. She grew eggplant, tomatoes, cucumbers, cantaloupe, broccoli, lettuce, Swiss chard, zucchini and yellow squash, onions, radishes, carrots, nasturtiums (edible), and some other flowers to help ward off pests.

  

Caleb's fruit trees and garden!

 

Caleb and his family grow lettuce, squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, onions, carrots, artichokes, beans, lemons, oranges, limes, and a ton of different herbs.

Towering tomatoes...coming soon!

Do you grow some of your own food?

Please send Mrs. Yollis or Miss McGeady a photo from your garden!

Let's keep this garden post growing!