Earth Day is Every Day! Kindergarteners Have Fun in The Giving Garden

Just ask these 5 and 6 year olds about what a seed or plant needs to sprout out from the earth and grow: Water, Sun and Soil (and air as one clever boy pointed out, and thanks to the worms digging through and mulching up the soil, there is plenty of air for the plants' roots).

The kindergarten class got their hands dirty in the soil, spread soil and worm castings, dug for worms and other creepy crawlers and even checked out a praying mantis egg in the garden -- which once hatched may stay in The Giving Garden and work to reduce pests.

We sneaked a peak under the covered beds that already have carrots, spinach, kale, dill and baby leaf lettuces growing in them, some of which was planted last fall and overwintered, and some planted this spring and kept warm and cozy by the white row cover sheet.