Saturday, June 6, 2015

Harvesting Spuds–Comparing Size

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As we pulled the plants out of the dirt most of them broke off but one gave us
                           promise that there were potatoes below.
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     I loosened the soil then the children started to dig and find more potatoes.
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It was obvious that it would take a lot of work to dig to the bottom of the tub
                             so we dumped it on the ground.
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Eureka we found lots of potatoes, roots and the seed potatoes that began it all.

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I brought out a comparison chart with three different sized circles; small, medium and large.  The children sorted, compared and asked about the sizes.  There were a lot of medium sized potatoes.  Do we count the little bitty ones?  Of course which brought our total from this tub to 58.

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We took them into the school and washed them.  Which gave us a chance to take a closer look at each.  We saw bits of dirt stuck in little holes (the eyes).  Some wanted to taste the potatoes fresh (raw) from the garden.
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      Now the are all ready to be cooked.  Next post I’ll share our first recipe.