The Orcas' First Spring Farm School Day

We are fortunate enough to be able to farm with the Educulture Project. We have not been to the farm since we put it to bed for the winter in November. How will it be different now?

We walked down to the farm. From the hill we could see the farm laid out below.

Farmer Brian took us into the greenhouse and we each pulled a carrot from the dirt. Then we washed out carrots and tasted them- yum! We even tasted the green carrot tops which also tasted like carrots.

We ate our snack outside. We got to taste some iceberg lettuce from the grocery store, and some freshly picked organic spinach from the field.

Farmer Brian took us into the greenhouse which was filled with lots of baby plants. The last time we were in here it was full or pumpkins, gourds, seeds and other fall things.

We looked at Farmer Brian's chicks. These will not grow up to lay eggs. Instead they will become someone's dinner and will be for sale through Brian's CSA (community supported agriculture).

Farm Teach Val and a farm intern helped us plant some spinach seeds.

The seeds were very tiny, and we had to be very careful.

We worked together to fill the planting trays. Then we watered them. I wonder what they will look like the next time we come to the farm?

We worked on a Five Senses on the Farm journal. The children drew pictures of what they had seen, smelled, heard, touched, and tasted. We were lucky to have a greenhouse to work in, because just after we came inside, the clouds opened up and poured rain down on the farm!