365 Days of The Growing Zone - Day 6
My new daily series of life and garden growing within and without my comfort zone
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Some might call it beginner’s luck, yet others might call it fate—because what Katie did next turned her story into a heartwarming tale that’s touching people all over the world. Katie decided that her green-leafy pride and joy should be donated to a local soup kitchen, where it was made into meals for 275 people (with the help of some ham and rice). “I thought, ‘Wow, with that one cabbage I helped feed that many people?’” says Katie, now entering sixth grade. “I could do much more than that.” So with the help of her parents, Katie started her own nonprofit, Katie’s Krops, and began planting vegetable gardens specifically to feed the needy. She has six right now, including one the length of a football field at her school in her hometown of Summerville, S.C. Classmates, her family and other people in the community help plant and water, and Bonnie Plants donates seedlings. This past year, Katie took her commitment to a new level, providing soup kitchens with over 2,000 pounds of lettuce, tomatoes and other vegetables. Katie and her helpers are now harvesting the spring planting, and another 1,200 pounds will be donated by October. (via From Seedlings to Servings: 11-Year-Old Grows Tons of Veggies for the Homeless - Manage Your Life on Shine)
Some days my job feels like I’m playing in the dirt all day long…
Purple Passion Flower
Part of the beautiful annual color every year at Watercolor Place near Seaside, Florida
