Pint-sized master gardeners

WURTSBORO, NY — First graders from the Emma C. Chase School got a lesson in what makes plants grow at the Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Junior Master Gardener Program recently.

For the first lesson, Marianna Quartararo, Community Educator, gave a hands-on demonstration of what soil is composed of. Using pudding for clay, M & M’s for rocks, cookie crumbs for sand, gummie worms for earthworms and chocolate jimmies for ants, she showed children how soil is composed.