With the arrival of Spring, we will be busy getting the organic vegetable garden started. We have developed a new program that will involve your students in the real work of growing vegetables. It is called Growing Great Vegetables. Our focus will be on vegetable seeds, seedlings, and soil. We will explore the anatomy of 4 seed, visit the greenhouse and see the seedlings in their various stages of development. Students will then get their hands dirty making soil blocks, and planting some seedlings in the garden. As we work, we will talk about soil and what plants need to be healthy. They talk about seeds, plants, and soil will be age appropriate. For example, with kindergardeners, we will talk about how plants need light, water, and air to grow; with first graders we will do the some, but add the term photosynthesis, with second graders we will add carbon dioxide instead of air, and so on. Students should dress in clothes they don't mind getting dirty.