Green Paws, Winter Session, Week of 3/8/21

Only two more weeks of the Winter Green Paws Session!

#WaterWednesday: Now that our soil is back in shape, we can plant our Spring crop: beets, peas and greens!

  • Tritt, 2:00 - 2:30

  • Crossroads, 2:45 - 3:15

As in the past few weeks, there will be extra seeds available to swap or take home.

eARTh Project: We will be painting ‘mushroom’ seats for our nature trail!

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Environmental Engineering: Music Chimes for the Nature Trail! Research DIY natural-made or upcycled wind chimes for our Wednesday, March 17th meeting!

Field Trips: This Sunday, March 14th, is our last ‘field trip’. As in the past couple of quarters, this time we will be staying at Tritt to work on our trail project. Meet me there from Noon-2pm!

Seed-to-Stomach: Our first cooking show of the quarter was super fun! We made Creamed Spinach. I wasn’t able to record the session, but you can recreated the recipe using the following steps:

  1. Cook down a 10oz bag of spinach (or some other green like collards, mustards, or kale) in a tablespoon of unsalted butter and set it aside.

  2. In two tablespoons unsalted butter, sauté 1 small chopped onion and 2 teaspoons minced garlic.

  3. Gradually add two tablespoons all-purpose flour to create a roux.

  4. Slowly stir in 1 cup half-and-half OR 1/2 cup milk and 1/2 heavy cream

  5. Add finely grated Parmesan, Romano, or Manchego cheese

  6. Optionally, add the following spices: nutmeg, ground mustard, cayenne pepper, salt & pepper

  7. Mix in your greens and enjoy!

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