Planted more corn at the preschool today, and harvested more snow peas.

@TheHorse (220372)
Walnut Creek, California
May 24, 2019 5:29pm CST
I've been growing corn, sunflowers, green beans, and snow peas with the kids at the preschool where I substitute teach. It's been a thrill for the kids as the plants get "bigger bigger bigger," and a thrill for me as well. Today, we harvested about 10 snow peas, which we shared at snack time, and also transplanted another corn plant which had been growing on my balcony. I'm hoping we'll have a bunch of sunflowers, green beans, and tall corn by the end of the Summer (the snow peas will start to die off soon in the intense heat), but you never know. This is my first year working with kids at this particular preschool. Wish us luck! I didn't bring my camera today, so I'll attach a picture from the Berkeley preschool when the corn was doing well. It's closer to the Bay, and further from California's "official" corn country.
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@NJChicaa (120186)
• United States
24 May 19
I love corn, green beans, and snow peas! Yum!
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
Makes me wannna buy some onions and do a stir fry right now!
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
24 May 19
What a cool thing you are doing with these kids.
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
Kids and nature get along well.
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@LadyDuck (472121)
• Switzerland
25 May 19
Where is the left sock of the kid? Your corn is doing great, good luck for the rest of your veggies.
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@LadyDuck (472121)
• Switzerland
26 May 19
@TheHorse My round hot chili peppers are doing great, I also have plenty of strawberries now.
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
Heh. When little kids are involved, socks, shoes, and sweaters can wind up in random places. Thanks for the best wishes. My balcony green beans are off to a really good start.
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 May 19
@LadyDuck We have strawberries at the preschool, but they're still at the "green stage." I'm not a strawberry expert. What kinds of dishes will you use the peppers for?
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@xander6464 (44431)
• Wapello, Iowa
25 May 19
Gpod luck. I hope everything comes in great
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@xander6464 (44431)
• Wapello, Iowa
25 May 19
@TheHorse Cool. Getting to come to Iowa for a reunion is like going to Heaven twice.
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
@xander6464 They built it. I will come.
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
Thanks! Hey, I'll be in Iowa late next week. College reunion at Grinnell (in Grinnell).
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• United States
25 May 19
i jest dunno how ya can deal with so much cuteness! glad y'all got a taste 'f the harvest 'n 've shared the process. sadly most've their parents've prolly nary a clue's to how to garden.
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• United States
25 May 19
@TheHorse yes sir, they'd be't the prime age fer such. sadly, ya cannot shove knowledge 'nto a closed mind.
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
@crazyhorseladycx Some people like to listen and learn. Others do not. Most kids do. So somehow that tendency gets "erased" over time in many of us. Sad.
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
Actually, the kids take so much information in, they could probably teach their parents.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
25 May 19
That's a wonderful thing you are doing with these young children. Gardening is a wonderful activity and it is a good way to bring them close to nature.
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
I agree!
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
@arunima25 I hope their parents allow them to have gardens at home if they ask.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
25 May 19
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@marguicha (223851)
• Chile
24 May 19
Congratulations! I hope snow peas survive the heat.
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@marguicha (223851)
• Chile
25 May 19
@TheHorse How about shading them?
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
@marguicha I should experiment with that.
@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
They'll probably be around for another month or so. But in my experience, they tend to like cool weather, and a balanced mix between rain and sunshine.
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@hexeduser22 (7418)
• Philippines
25 May 19
How I wish I could do the same. I'm not a "green thumb" so anything I try plant ends up dying.
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• Philippines
28 May 19
@TheHorse I will try and find the right plant for me Thank you.
@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
I used to think that too. Until I discovered corn. Do not give up.
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• Malaysia
26 May 19
Getting the kids a hands-on experience in gardening and food source is a good approach. It is important to nurture those qualities early on into shaping the future of humanity. I sound like a preacher, didn't I? Sorry. Your vision just invoked that in me.
@FourWalls (69125)
• United States
25 May 19
Do the kids take a real interest in growing, as in going home and asking their parents if they can plant something?
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
They do. I think this picture says it all.
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@wolfgirl569 (108325)
• Marion, Ohio
25 May 19
I bet they love it.
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
They do. Growing your own food is satisfying whether you're a kid or an adult.
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@rakski (126177)
• Philippines
25 May 19
oh wow, that is nice. I am sure the kids are excited
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
The kids always enjoy "harvest time." But they enjoy the planting and the watering as well.
@andriaperry (117157)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 May 19
Its a good thing you`re doing Colin, my mom taught me, next my dad, to grow plants and food. So, look at me now, attempting to grow my own food year round and not doing to bad at it.
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
Even if the harvest is only "symbolic," it's a good thing. But I must say, our snow peas are doing quite well at the preschool!
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
@andriaperry It's funny. When I think of elementary school in Chicago, one of my happiest memories is when we had little gardens. I can't remember if it was fifth or sixth grade. I didn't get back into gardening until I worked with poor kids in Oakland and realized that growing stuff would be fun for them.
@andriaperry (117157)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 May 19
@TheHorse Those children will never forget these plants.
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@Janet357 (75646)
25 May 19
Oh, you stil have snowpeas.. are those your students?
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@TheHorse (220372)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 19
They were some of my young students in Berkeley. The ones at the College are a tad older.
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