The Sauce Plot is a collaboration between the Kampe Foundation, Thistle Whistle Farm and Kids’ Pasta Project to help kids learn how to grow vegetables for our community. Last year we grew hundreds of pounds of tomatoes to make pasta sauce!
Kids age 8 to 12 are invited to join us. We are looking for youngsters who like to have fun outside on the farm, who are interested in growing plants, both food and flowers. There is a tremendous amount to learn at the Sauce Plot; soil, compost, beetles and butterflies, chickens, flowers and fruit, toads and goats. These creatures and elements will be our subjects and companions in learning!
All of the food that we tend and grow over the course of the season will be used for Kids’ Pasta Project community fundraising dinners or donated to food banks in our region.
SUMMER SESSION: June 7 – July 14, 2011 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to Noon at Thistle Whistle Farm located at 10872 3500 Road on Hanson Mesa, Hotchkiss.
MID-SUMMER STRETCH: Every Tuesday in August from 5pm to 7pm. ”Weed and Feed”- You weed, we’ll feed you! Bring gloves & water, we’ll supply the tools. The whole family is invited!
FALL SESSION: August 25 – Oct 1, 2011 – On Thursdays from 4pm to 6pm we’ll be at the Sauce Plot harvesting. Saturdays we will meet up at Scenic Mesa Ranch (or another location TBA) to process the tomatoes.
This is a FREE educational program. Sign up now, space is limited! Call Ana at 970.623.4290
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- “I learned a lot about food and gardens by doing really fun things at the Sauce Plot!”