Just how much is a bushel?
A bushel is 4 pecks. 4 pecks is 8 1/2 pecks. A 1/2 bushel is 4 1/2 pecks, but 2 pecks. Well I think you get the ideal. There is only one way to describe how much 16 bushels is,
E N O R M O U S!
I was saying to Amy J. that I could never teach your children the size of a 1/2 peck or a bushel better than this experience did. The entire experience was just perfect. The day could not have been better. The apples were delicious (sorry for any stomachaches). The hosts were informative, well-organized, and pleasant. We had a wonderful day. My personal thank you to everyone who placed orders, took orders, drove apples, chaperoned, sorted and re-bagged apples back at school, and finally delivered apples to all our customers. The final sales totalled $556.00! Wow, I was both shocked and ecstatic particularly because every child participated in the entire process. CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!
The breakdown of expenditures looks like this: $556 - $142.40 (cost of apples and bags), – $210 (still outstanding from the memory book project of last year) for a total net of $333.60. This week and next the class and I will be discussing what the money will be used for (possible ways include service learning projects and a percentage donated to the local food shelf). We ended up with a surplus of apples. Izzy suggested more applesauce, but I told her no more applesauce. I think we’ll move on to apple crisp or maybe even apple pies! Also, I thought we would have a healthy apple snack sale on Friday. $.25 for an apple would give us a little more revenue and or a donation to the food shelf. I am brainstorming ideas as they come, with the final decision to be done as an entire group.
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