Yesterday my class discovered that some of our tomatoes are ready to eat. Of course they got a little carried away and harvested some that were still a bit green. So we had a taste test. The overwhelming result was that green tomatoes taste"yucky and gross" and the ripe red tomatoes taste "yummy." Perhaps we won't "accidently" harvest anymore green tomatoes.
We also planted our sweet potato slips yesterday. It took the entire class period but we did take a break halfway through to play "Gardener Says" exactly the same as Simon says but a good way to help kids learn to listen carefully and good practice for "Gardener (student name)" to practice speaking clearly in front of a group. My gardeners had fun with the game but were thrilled when the day was over because they all agreed that preparing the sweet potato bed is hard work, especially because our bed edges keep falling over.
On Thursday we will be tasting sweet potatoes since many of my students will not be around next fall when we harvest. I hope to have some pictures of our tasting. I will post them if all goes well.
Happy Planting
Becky
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