Glenvar Garden Soup

On the last day of the semester we used our final garden harvests to make our own "Glenvar Garden Soup" with everything we grew. The only things we purchased were canned tomatoes, chicken broth, and pasta.

 Here, Jordan slices the carrots he grew.

Dominga and Noah chop the leaves of kohlrabi and red cabbage.

 

Kohlrabi forms bulbs at the base of its stem, and Conner sliced these into bite-sized pieces.

We added our onions, a few Brussels sprouts, and turnips from Mr. Noland's garden, some pasta, and cooked it for about 45 minutes. Yum!!

Look for the link to our recipe on our blog.

Dustin and Jared Make Spanakopita

Before Christmas, Dustin found a recipe for "Green Greek Slices" in a cookbook he was reading. Turns out it's a great recipe for Spanakopita, a classic Greek favorite and very labor-intensive to make. This week, with the help of Jared, they spent their 3rd block in my room creating a masterpiece with 16 sheets of phyllo dough and lots of garden vegetables. This was their contribution to a farewell gathering for Mrs. Neely.

We didn't get a picture of the finished product, either unbaked or baked, but it was quite beautiful. After their hard work putting it together they washed and dried every dish!

The spanakopita was absolutely delicious!

Harvesting from the Cold Frames

During the week of January  9 we made our last trip to the garden to harvest the remainder of the vegetables that had been sheltered in the two cold frames. After nights of below freezing temperatures, the cold frames were covered in ice.

 However, when we opened them, we found lots of green, healthy vegetables!

From the two gardens we cut kohlrabi, red cabbage, lettuce, and Brussels sprouts, pulled onions and carrots, and transplanted 5 cauliflower plants to the greenhouse.

From the cold frames we had enough vegetables for a big pot of "garden soup" for each class, as well as greens for Dustin's Spanakopita (see another post) and a large salad for 4th block to enjoy.