A lesson in vegetables

A trip to our local farmer's market brought us a lesson in vegetables, officially "tomato day"! We learned how to plant fall vegetables, what a row cover is (and that it can't be touching the plant, and how you need to put it on when it is still warm outside since the purpose is not to keep cold out, but to keep warm in). We learned that when they run out of chicken eggs, they pull out the duck eggs. I asked "So....do you eat those?" and I bought a dozen and made duck egg quiche. They are exactly the same as chicken eggs except the shell is harder and they are bigger. Who knew??

The kiddos got to make tomato creatures out of green tomatoes, pipe cleaners, beans and glue. How creative - he made a spider.