A week of early snow in Somers, MT and a natural disaster in New York, NY. Katie feels a lot like a smushed cold bean after trekking uptown to locate some semblance of civilization and a shaky internet connection. She empathizes with the actual beans in the garden that are enduring the onslaught of winter.
What's the good news? So far, Robin and her students have harvested 150 pounds of pumpkins alone! 150! That's the weight of the average person...but in pumpkins! Tomatoes and basil are toughing it out in the green house while outside the carrots hunker down and continue to grow. It's heart warming to know that the garden's high production has made it an asset in addition to a joy. It's double heart warming to hear that the kids are taking good care of the garden.
On October 24th, the schools were fed a Grown in Montana meal AND it was the best attended meal to date! Over 600 plates were served. As Robin said, there's "nothing like that fresh homegrown to get butts in the seats." Combining Montanan pride and eating well? You can't get much better than that!
