By Kelli Rollin - krollin@postindependent.com
Kids went to work Wednesday, with sounds of patting hands and running water all around.
The Glenwood Springs Branch Library planted small gardens in the front plaza and involved children age 6 and younger in the process.
Ilene Pevec of Fat City Farmers, a local organization dedicated to food education, brought the plants and helped cultivate the soil.
This is the first year the Glenwood library has done this gardening project. All Garfield County library branches are doing or have done the same in the past, with the help of a $1,500 LiveWell grant from the Garfield County Public Health Department to purchase supplies.
“Libraries are such phenomenal resources for education, including gardening,” Pevec said, as she dug deep holes in pots for tomato plants.
The library had three large planter pots filled with soil, so the garden was planted in them. Among the planted crops were: sweet and hot peppers, cilantro, tomatoes, basil and onions — most of the ingredients for salsa.
