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Garlic Day at the Garden Cafe

Yesterday at Haldane's after-school enrichment program, The Garden Cafe, we planted garlic for the school cafeteria. Jade Silverstein, a high school senior and Hudson Valley Farm to School's summer intern at Glynwood, helped us make the preparations. While she worked with two kids shoveling fresh compost to amend the bed, two others prepped the soil by pulling out weeds and raking up debris. Three other kids carefully broke apart the garlic bulbs, separating them into cloves. Glynwood generously donated the garlic for our class to plant in the school garden.

Everyone got a turn shoveling the compost into the bed and turning the soil. Then, one by one they placed the garlic seed in the soil, six inches apart in six rows. A total of 80 cloves! 

Put to bed for the winter, now its just a matter of waiting for spring. Garlic scape pesto on the school cafeteria menu in June perhaps? And lots of fresh garlic to add to Haldane food service manager, Lauren Collica's tomato sauce in the fall!

We ended yesterday's class as we always do, with a snack from the garden. Yesterday we made Swiss Chard Roll-ups. You take a leaf of swiss chard and spread hummus and grated carrot on top. Roll it up and crunch! A delicious and nutritious snack.

Thank you Glynwood and Jade Silverstein for a great day at the Garden Cafe!

BTW, check out food service manager Lauren Collica's awesome Haldane Cafeteria Facebook page.