Seed Start: Consider this garden STARTED

Kids filled flats with seeds for crops like broccoli and cauliflower at today's Seed Start. The started seeds will be ready to transplant by the May 21 open house. New Junior Master Gardeners can come ready to put a plant in the ground.

That's not all. Come ready to see plants already growing. They also started some seeds right in the soil. Kids took turns planting red and white potatoes, onions, and spinach seeds. Spinach will be ready by the first summer session on Thursday, June 7 from 10 a.m.-noon, and it may even be ready by the open house.

But wait...there's more! They even started preparing something for open house visitors to eat. Youth shelled last year's dry bean crop. Around the table with moms, grandmas, and Master Gardeners, kids marveled at the many colors of beans. Community nutrition educator Ruth Neil will soak the beans and have samples of soup ready to try at the open house, May 21 from 5-7 p.m.

Start making plans to attend the open house, and be sure to note that a new Farm to School documentary will be screened from 6:30-8:00 at the 4-H building on the night of the open house.