Photo By Senior Airman Whitney Laine | Member of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Kids’ Garden Club waters the...... read more read more
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Military families from the 336th Training Squadron teamed together in the month of May, to transform unkempt lots, over grown by weeds into the foundation for the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Kids Garden Club.
With the intention to grow produce, as well as community with each other, the SERE Kids Garden Club has grown to include ten SERE families shared in the tasks of maintaining the garden.
“The idea of having your own garden can be daunting for a family, when you have kids and you have to put in so many man hours,” said Ashley Lynch, 92nd SERE spouse. “We reached out to the community and asked if anyone would be interested in a community garden with the idea of ‘many hands make light work’. Only having to come out once a week to weed eat, water and garden was much more appealing than 30 hours a week.”
Families working together has been a great opportunity for those that have never gardened to learn hands-on from the gardening gurus within our group, said Lynch. We use a Facebook page to share updates, videos and tips for tending and harvesting the garden so that information is more accessible.
Intentionally wide rows and pathways has kept the garden kid friendly throughout its growth. Each family rotates on a weekly cycle, bringing their kids to share, grow and learn throughout the process.
Working makes progress that we get to watch grow into food,” said Gideon Lynch, 92nd SERE kid. You have to work for what you want so we water, pick weeds and plant in the sunshine. After the plants grow enough, we pick and eat them.
“The SERE kid's garden is a fantastic effort by our families to get kids interested in some of the best parts of living in Washington State; working outside and watching things grow,” Said Col. Carlos Brown, former 336th Training Group Commander. “I fully expect we'll see corn "knee high by July!"
| Date Taken: | 07.10.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 09.05.2018 13:46 |
| Story ID: | 291502 |
| Location: | FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, WASHINGTON, US |
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