Busy, exciting, and successful—those are the three words I would use to describe this week! On Saturday we were up and on the road by 6:30 am to head on over to Dickinson County for the 2nd Annual Okoboji Bike-N-Bite but of course, we had to stop and get our coffee kick at Starbucks before we were ready to take on the day. The sun was shining and a total of 285 riders enjoyed biking the trails through the lakes area tasting delicious bites of local foods from the amazing sponsors! Afterward, we set out to pick up the signs along the route and let’s just say we got the full experience of summer Boji traffic. Once we were finally finished, we treated ourselves to some shaved ice from Tropical Sno.
After a very quick turnaround, we were back at it Monday morning working in the Rock Rapids Demonstration Garden putting up fencing and setting up the irrigation system. That night we helped set up for PoP club and had the ladies from the Lyon county office cover for us, (THANKS LADIES!!) so we could make it to the Osceola County Extension Council meeting while Maddie ran the Sheldon PoP Club.
Tuesday afternoon we were at the Spencer YMCA teaching the Kids Club about the butterfly life cycle. We had them identify the differences between a male and female and then arrange life cycle cards in the correct order. At the end, they got to make their own life cycle to take home with them.
Wednesday and Thursday, we spent our time at the Bight Beginning Daycare in Sibley as well as the Orange City Daycare planting our garden beds. The garden theme is a rainbow so each week we are talking about the health benefits of eating each color. This week we focused on the color red which benefits heart health and helps fight off illnesses.
To finish off the week, we will focus on planning Bite by the Barn, an event that will go on during the Clay County Fair in September that focuses on educating adults who are interested in learning more about basic agriculture.
As you can see, we have been quite busy but very successful. I am excited to continue moving forward with each of our projects, especially getting to know the kids a bit better each week. Be sure to stay tuned to keep up with what we are doing!
Until next time, Natalee