Exciting Day in the School Garden

The Urban Nature Club had oodles of fun today when it "discovered" an enormous grasshopper in the garden. (Actually, Ms. Seitz has seen the grasshopper three times before in the last two weeks.) Apparently, this gorgeous grasshopper has taken up residence in the garden, preferring the third raised bed, which is filled with herbs. Some of the club was eager to hold the grasshopper, which often jumped ever so far, sometimes leaping from student to student. Others were a little cautious when it came to insect intimacy, but they promise that next time, they'll try to get a little more comfortable with this herbivorous creature.