Miles' First Summer Camp! Seattle Tilth!

It is raining on-and-off outside -restarting every time i try to head back outside. The weeds will just have to wait. The house is still quiet, so i'll blog about gardening instead.

The kids and i have been taking some great "summer camp" classes through the Seattle Tilth at the Pickering Barn. Similiar to the other classes that i have taken through the Tilth, these classes have been AWESOME! They have classes, for parent-tot as well as adults, going into fall. I've signed up for the bulk of them!

The FREE two hour classes are for children (and a parent) from ages 2-5. Our first class was all about "Fantastic Flowers" - this class included making/decorating seed packages, a sensory garden tour, stories with a snack, making art with the "rainbow" in the garden as well as a very helpful song on "two hand picking". The second class was "Getting Dirty!", where we helped turn over a bed, checked out the worm compost (aka worm poop), planted peas, planted spinach in a take-home pot, came home with a bunch of late summer seeds to plant, read more great books and sang some more fun gardening-related songs.

The gardens there are inspiring.

M&M with their pea plants and flower art.

Getting ready to check out the worm poop. Mina was quick to tell that we had a worm bin at home too, and she had no fear of searching through the worms and other friends. Miles was not so sure of all the critters and prefered Mamma to hold them for him.

This is the most elaborate rainbarrel hook-up that i've ever seen!

At the classes, they've read the following fun books:

Tops and Bottoms

Ten Seeds

Jamberry

Wonderful Worms

The Apple Tree