Lettuce, Arugula, Collards and Kale; that’s what we have been harvesting from the Adaptive Garden’s farm field.   The kids from Wando High School, Lincoln High School, Georgetown High School and Winwood Farms have been pinching leaves, sorting and washing the greens, and bagging up their harvest to sell in the Our Local Foods Farm Store on Hwy 17 N in McClellanville, SC.   They are very proud of their produce!  In fact, they are already helping to make the seed paper we will use to start our gardens for this spring.  Yes, that’s right, we have finally perfected something that looks like paper and has our spring seeds embedded right in it!  If you’re interested in stocking up on some for your own spring garden, look for it at the Farm Store.  It will be right there along side our very popular herbal and luffa, glycerin soaps and our newest product, bees wax candles!  We have been busy as bees making some lovely beeswax votive and 3 or 4 inch candles for your Thanksgiving table.   The kids have a great time making them and they smell really good!

Herb scented Soaps

For the last two weeks out here in the Adaptive Garden craft room, we have had a very special treat! Some very talented potters have donated their time and talent to teach us some new skills.  The kids at Lincoln High School, Leslie and I really want to thank Nancy Marshall and Dorthy Doubleday for coming out and helping the kids to make some lovely pottery Christmas ornaments, Botanical Impression Wall Pockets, and Botanical Impression Coasters and Trivets.  We love these ladies and we hope they want to come back every week!  We can’t wait to show off all of our pottery creations at the McClellenville Holiday fair Dec 4th and 5th!

If you would like to come and share your skills with us and the kids we work with, I would love for you to contact me at catherine@adaptivegardens.org.  We also really want to thank everyone that came out to Local Music on the Farm last Sunday- the  bands were great, the food was delicious, and the people were great to come out and show their  support.  We’re very Thankful for your Giving!
Hope you All have a Wonderful Thanksgiving, too!

Catherine McGuinn
Horticultural Therapist & Program Director of Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry