![]() Salad greens, onions, radishes, kale, broccoli, fennel, celery and zucchini plants are growing nicely despite this year’s unusual weather patterns.We re-seeded and are still waiting for some peas. A yet to be identified 4 legged critter munched on them when they were just getting started. ![]() Our peas took a hit this year in the PreK garden beds.The sunny bed in the back has been planted with both sunflower seeds and pumpkins.Note: you can use muffin tins instead, cooking time will be shorter. Pour the batter into a loaf pan that has been prepared with butter and flour. In a large bowl, add sugar and oil, whisk to combine.Īdd the flour mixture and stir until it is just mixed together. We will be incorporating it into our regular Feed Me Fresh cooking curriculum rotation.ġ 1/2 cup shredded zucchini, drained and squeezed dryĬombine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl, set aside This recipe is a winner and a great way to use zucchini. Today the garden had two more zucchinis, so we whipped up another batch. The cake was sweet enough that the recommended lemon glaze was not needed. Measuring ingredients, shredding zucchini with a box grater, zesting lemons and squeezing lemon juice. This recipe has plenty of things for kids to do. With plenty of zucchini from the garden she quickly convinced the kitchen to set up the summer campers with the remaining ingredients. ![]() On a recent rainy Friday, Stacey Ford, our head after school teacher, stumbled upon a delicious zucchini recipe on the internet. In the meantime, we are harvesting “baby” carrots to make room for the remaining ones to grow bigger. They are quietly growing in many of our garden beds, we’re hoping for a fall harvest. These plants need plenty of time, heat, sunshine and lots of space to grow.Ĭarrots are another crop requiring patience. We are working on growing pumpkins and watermelons in new garden beds this year. Some plants take a bit longer to harvest. It starts to look like a funky sort of palm tree. If you keep harvesting the outside, bigger leaves, your kale plant will continue to grow for many months. Fortunately, there is plenty of kale that can be harvested for salad. Its starting to get a little hot, so the lettuces might bolt soon. Beans are a great crop, they are plentiful and can last into the fall months. ![]() Its not so easy for small kids to plant lettuces, carrots and kale, whose seeds are so tiny. Little hands can easily plant bean seeds since they are reasonably sized. Bush beans are easy to grow and don’t need stakes to climb. We like the Blue Lake variety of bush bean, they are skinny, tender and sweet. Summer campers will no doubt be eating them off the vine and will make pickle chips with the extras.īeans are going in the ground after the peas have moved on. Like they peas, cucumbers produce lots of food. No need to start them ahead of time and transplant, they grow fast and furious when the time and temperature are right. Cukes are happy to be started by seed directly in the soil. Cucumbers love the heat and will grow fast in the weeks ahead. We are working to convince them to climb the fence where the peas were. Once the peas are out, the cucumber plants are more obvious. This week, we’ll be popping them into the compost bin along with lots of weeds. The pea plants are now becoming dried out. But now they are reaching the end of their run as the sun gets hotter and the days are longer. Our sugar snap peas were slower than usual this year and have finally been producing well in the last 2 weeks. It was a cool wet spring here in Mount Kisco, but summer is finally here.
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