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Hilltop students plant kindergarten garden
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.A Hilltop Elementary School kindergartner stood in the bean plant tee pee his class planted near their vegetable garden. The students will visit the tee pee when they return to Hilltop in the fall as first-graders.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School kindergartners in Lisa Zetts’ class harvested radishes on June 7 from the vegetable garden that they planted at the end of April.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School kindergartners in Lisa Zetts’ class cut lettuce from their vegetable garden to use to make salads for themselves. Their salads also included several other vegetables from the garden.
By ABBY SLANKER
Hilltop Elementary School kindergartners in Lisa Zetts’ class got a lesson in agriculture right outside their classroom doors.
The students planted their very own vegetable garden behind the school in their playground area at the end of April. The students planted several vegetables including, lettuce, carrots, peppers and radishes.
The students took good care of their garden and watched the vegetables grow throughout the spring. Once the vegetables were ready to harvest, the students cut the lettuce and pulled the vegetables and celebrated the cultivation by making salads for themselves. Each student was asked to bring in their favorite salad dressing and any other toppings they like on their salads.
The students also planted special bean plants that could grow up a metal tee pee, with the intent of looking forward to coming back to visit the garden this fall as first-graders.