Laraway's "Rock" Garden

     Strawberries are planted.  Mesclun greens, beans and peas grow steadily under sunny skies.  Basil sprouts in anticipation of a late summer date with garlic, parmesan, pine nuts and olive oil to be transformed into pesto.  Wheat springs up, in preparation for fall bread-baking.
     Summer weather has arrived and you can find Laraway kids, staff and a smattering of volunteers tending our gardens.  Teaching youth about how to plan, plant, cultivate and harvest homegrown, natural foods promotes healthful living and independence.
     A new initiative this year is a Word Garden in which kids and staff are encouraged to write words on brightly painted stones which are them placed in our garden.  Oh the sentences, poems and proverbs waiting to be arranged!