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By March 4 some sprouts were already evident.
On March 7th we built a raised bed garden in order to transfer their pots. On the 8th the children moved their pots to the garden. We planted the Chinese long
beans against the fence since they need to climb on something.
Sr Guadalupe had the 3-year-olds label which radish was whose so that they could water their own plants and see them mature. The bush beans of Sr Amor's children
were left in the pots, but the pots were placed in the garden soil. Their pots were labeled to identify which student was responsible for which pot.
Since there was so much space left in the garden, we planted a row of Sugar Peas and a pair of tomato plants. Sr Fe moved her two pots of bush beans to the end of the
garden. Over the next couple weeks, the children watered their plants and watched them grow. The bush beans did really well and some were ready for their first harvest on
April 29th. The older children were instructed on how to harvest the beans. All the mature beans were then harvested and prepared to be included with their
lunch that day. Most of the radishes weren't ready for harvesting yet, but Ryu's was close so it was harvested. At lunch that day the 3-5-year-olds were served the beans with
their lunch. They were boiled and coated in butter.