How Does Your Garden Grow?

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Today we had a fantastic time in our organic garden (gan) harvesting vegetables and taking care of the sheep.  In our gardening work group (anaf gan), we harvest lettuce almost every day and have regular harvests of basil, mint, and oregano. The vegetables are all starting to develop, with the tomatoes almost ready to be picked! These vegetables are all brought to the kitchen (mitbach) to be put in our salad bar and other dishes. Last night we had lettuce from the gan and garlic bread with fresh basil to complement our spaghetti dinner. So far, we have harvested 70 ounces of lettuce, and it’s only the second week!

The gan is a Galil favorite, but the sheep are even more popular. The campers (chanichim) enjoy learning about our two lambs, Barbara and Tsivya, who were born in May. The campers in anaf gan take the sheep for walks. Campers stop by the gan during free time and sadnaot (workshops) to learn about environmental issues and play with the sheep. Yesterday the Bonim (post 8th grade campers) learned about sustainability within large companies and today we had a water fight to learn about drip irrigation with the Tzofim (post 7th grade campers)! The past two weeks have been blooming with activity in the gan! 

Later in the summer we are looking forward to harvesting tons of tomatoes, squash, zucchini, cucumber, peppers, and beans. Be sure to look for pictures as the vegetables get ready to be picked!