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Victory Garden Cooking Camp June 22-26, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Bouquets on wheels

Class Garden Program
Adventure in the Potato Patch
Great Amaryllis Race
Granny's Apple Tree
Nature trail
Perennials for Habitat
Planting Spring Bulbs
Seed Share
Sweet potato patch

 

Flower for teacher

Harvest Soup Program

Plastic Pot Recycling
Sunday Morning  Harvest
The Giving Gardens
Victory Garden Cooking

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Campers harvest and prepare herbs and vegetables, exploring different dishes and ingredients.  They  learn kitchen skills to prepare a sit-down meal to share.  Nutrition is built into this camp using all of the wide variety of organic veggies and herbs in Granny's Garden. 

Kitchen safety is taught, as well as cooking skills that will serve campers well for a lifetime of cooking and eating.   Read: A camper's journal of a day at camp.

Each day includes:

  • harvesting produce from the gardens.
  • lots and lots of cooking as they prepare and eat brunch.
  • herbology - learning about a new herb in the herb garden.
  • taking photographs.
  • down time for sitting on the grass in the shade and just talking, looking for bugs in the grass or at clouds in the sky.
  • a walk on the nature trail or other destination on the school grounds.
  • really hot days will include a water activity.
Measuring Balsamic vinegar
 for salad dressing.

Camper's Journal - The Day at Cooking Camp

First, we applied sunscreen, then decorated our aprons.

Next we learned how to take photographs with a digital camera. Say,"Cheese!"

Next, we  learned the proper way to use a knife.

We learned how to cut bread and mix herbs in vinegar and oil to make salad dressing.

Bruschetta and salad were on the menu the first day. Granny taught us how to harvest lettuce and plant more lettuce for the next camp.
After brunch, everyone was responsible for We barely had time to pick a bouquet of flowers
 washing his own dishes. before it was time to go home.
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."  Robert Louis Stevenson
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