Fall Garden Fun

Hello Families!

Our vegetable ingredients
for soup

Today was our last lesson in the garden for the fall!  The Turtle Team enjoyed working with Farmer Katie and Farmer Clara.  They cut up vegetables to make a yummy fall soup and even got a chance to sample some new vegetables in the garden!

Safe vegetable chopping
using the crinkle cutters

Kiddos used crinkle cutters to help chop carrots, potatoes, pumpkin, tomatoes, onions, and even smashed garlic to throw into the soup pot.  The vegetable soup that our kindergartners made today will be cooked overnight by Farmer Katie and delivered to Paxson Elementary School for tasting by their 3rd grade classes.  We also got a chance to warm our bellies with yummy soup-- and though it was cooked by Farmer Katie, the veggies were grown here in our Lowell garden and prepared by our very own 3rd graders in Mrs. Notti's and Mrs. Robinson's classes.

Farmer Clara
helping us taste
goodies from the
garden!

Ms. Clara who is the fearless leader of our Lowell Flagship Program put on her farmer hat and turned into Farmer Clara for our garden lesson today!  She helped students observe the changes happening in the garden, and cut up samples for everyone to try.  We tasted tomatillos, sweet peppers, basil and tomato (together in one bite!), and sweet peppers, just to name a few!

Our yummy garden vegetable soup

We had so much fun in our garden this fall and look forward to our spring garden lessons!

Just a friendly reminder, Smart Schools 2020 Open House on Thursday, Oct. 8th from 6-7pm in the Lowell Elementary School gym & field trip to the Fire Station on Friday, Oct. 9th from 9:45am-11:00am.  Please be sure to dress your kiddo in sneakers and weather-appropriate clothing!

Love,
Mrs. Griffith

PS: we will have a surprise coming to our classroom tomorrow!  A Fire Safety Puppet Show put on by local Missoula firefighters but shhhhhhhh....it is a surprise!