Salad Salad! One and all!

Well, what an afternoon we had!  It was a beautiful day last Friday for our harvest of lettuce, spinach, arugula (rocket), peas and MORE radishes.  The children worked in their garden teams to help pick what we needed for our salad celebration.  I commend every child for trying the salad and was delighted to see so many enjoy it.  There were definitely many "thumbs up" and "love it" responses.  I tempted them, of course, with my honey balsamic dressing (made a tad extra sweet for my young gardeners)!

My thanks to Nell Saab, Jen Menard and Teri Keene for helping us wash, chop and serve.  Many hands made light work.  We were pleased to have a visit from Dr. Marsden and Dr. Quigley, as well as our district wellness coordinator Mrs. Cowell (who helped take some pics - thank you!).  

I hope your first grader was able to share a bit about our very fun afternoon.  They've worked hard all spring and were so excited to reap what they sowed!  As one of my first graders said, "Well, it tastes so much better when you harvest it yourself!"  Success!