viva la peppers

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Living in Texas it is almost required that you eat salsa with every meal.  Fortunately for this year's classes, the previous year's classes planted peppers, which produced and produced.  Since Stonewall Gardens is in the final stages of preparing areas for the cold weather crops, the classes harvest the last of the summer peppers.  What do you do with so many peppers besides sending them home again and again?  You make Garden Salsa!  Our Garden Salsa was made entirely from our garden's bounty, excluding the garlic, salt, cumin, and the secret ingredient.  The classes made 4 batches total.  The classes decided the last batch was the best.  We filled small containers to take home to share with our families.  We thrive on including our community.

Part of the process included collecting seeds, examining the natural patterns/shapes/colors of the peppers, then illustrating and writing about our experience.

Prior to creating the hot sauce, during the harvest, Emily asked if she could eat one of the peppers.  I tried to convince her it was probably not a wise choice because her taste buds would not prefer the "hot" flavor, but curiosity prevailed.  She took a bite and finished the entire pepper, asking for more:  Cooper, Bella, Charlotte, Breadan, Aiden, Peyton, and Macy followed suite.  I was shocked!  Our garden continues to achieve curiosity.

 Stonewall educators love and cherish the student's glorious innocence when they feel immediate success.  To achieve student success with nature is what every campus should strive for and what our posterity depends upon.