Neighbour Day!

This past Saturday, June 20th, we celebrated Neighbour Day! This is a very special day in Calgary because it celebrates the anniversary of the Calgary Floods two years ago as we remember and reflect on the support of the community and kind acts of our neighbours to get the city back in working order.

In the community garden, plot owners will put a 'Please Water Me' sign in their garden if they will be away and are relying on a friendly neighbour to help water the garden. With the scorching heat, these friendly acts of kindness are necessary as many vegetable, flower and other edible plants are sensitive to the heat and cannot survive drought-like conditions. The kids took the time to weed and water our garden and then headed over to other plots to water their garden's as well.

We tried to distract some of the father's that had shown up for the day's events to make a special Father's Day Craft. Each child had the chance to make their very own garden. They planted a variety of different crops including beans, corn and flowers. We also saw an abundance of wildlife in their gardens. Butterflies, dragonflies and ladybugs galore!

Next up was snack time! We had a delightful rainbow of colours on the table with red, green and yellow bell peppers from Community Natural Foods. We also harvested some thyme, sage and chives from our garden to make some herbed cream cheese on crackers. Yum! Check out the recipe:

Ingredients

Softened Cream Cheese

Fresh Sage

Fresh Chives

Fresh Thyme

Harlic 

Directions

1. Place cream cheese in a bowl and let it sit a room temperature for a few minutes to soften

2. Collect herbs from garden, the above herbs are suggestions, add to taste, you can also used dried herbs

3. wash and cut herbs into small pieces and add to cream cheese 

4. finely grate garlic to taste and add to mixture

5. mix well and enjoy on crackers, toast, as a dip for vegetables! (for an intensified flavour, put the mixture in the fridge and let it sit overnight before consuming)

The day ended with a very fun game of hide and seek and we shared our favourites moments of the day together :)

Next week, we'll be learning all about worms!