Collard Greens



Check out our humonsterous collards.



My students hanging out with the kids in the garden.

This semester's YouthBuild students cooperated with Greensboro Elementary school on a collard green garden. I may need to get some tips from my students for next year because these were some of the biggest collards I have ever seen.  And they got that way fast, so they were still tender. My students prepared the soil and planted the collards. The elementary students were all assigned one plant to take care of after they were planted.  They were in charge of watering, measure size and growth and lots of other educational activities.  When it came time to harvest, they sold the greens as a fundraiser for the elementary school.  These pictures are of my students at harvest time, interacting with the elementary students who took care of the plants after YB students planted them. Some of the greens that were not sold were harvested, cooked, and served for the school's lunch that day. Another exciting part about the day was the appearance of Terri Sewell who was running for the House of Representative in Alabama. She answered questions for our students and encouraged them to vote.  She soon after became the first black woman to be elected to the House of Representatives in Alabama.

Raheem couldn't wait for lunch, so he got an early start.