Thursday, May 28, 2009
Third Graders in the Garden- Late May
The rainy month of April created a plethora of lettuce and spinach which was harvested by Mr. Aguilera's third grade students on May 27th. Some radishes were also pulled. The class enjoyed a salad snack the following day prepared by a children's garden adult. On this day, the warm weather crops were planted into the second planter box. These crops included: nasturtium, tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, corn, squash, pumpkins, and eggplant. Again, both seeds and starter plants were used. Many of the starter plants were begun by Ms. Olson's 4th grade students earlier in the spring.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Spring is the Time to Plant
During the early spring, two groups at Lakeridge indicated they were interested in working on garden projects together. On April 27, the Lakeridge Service Club scheduled several projects to improve the school grounds. One of these activities was third grade students working with Children's Garden adults to plant and prepare the garden.
Our main project was planting a box that had previously been weeded, cultivated and prepared by the adults. A collection of cool weather crops were selected due to the current temperatures. The box was planted using the "square foot" method of dividing the box into 1 foot by 1 foot plots and planting each square as if it were its own planter. Some vegetables were planted from starter plants, while others were started from seed. The crops in this box include: Chives, brussel sprouts, spinach, lettuce, peas, radishes, carrots, oregano, tarragon, nasturtium, strawberries, beets and cabbage. Some marigolds were also included in one corner to attract bees and discourage slugs.
The second project the third graders worked on was mixing soil additives into another planter box. This task was popular due to the large number of bugs and worms that were found. This planter was raked smooth and left for planting of warm weather crops later in the season.
View of the first garden box at the end of the garden party.
Our main project was planting a box that had previously been weeded, cultivated and prepared by the adults. A collection of cool weather crops were selected due to the current temperatures. The box was planted using the "square foot" method of dividing the box into 1 foot by 1 foot plots and planting each square as if it were its own planter. Some vegetables were planted from starter plants, while others were started from seed. The crops in this box include: Chives, brussel sprouts, spinach, lettuce, peas, radishes, carrots, oregano, tarragon, nasturtium, strawberries, beets and cabbage. Some marigolds were also included in one corner to attract bees and discourage slugs.
The second project the third graders worked on was mixing soil additives into another planter box. This task was popular due to the large number of bugs and worms that were found. This planter was raked smooth and left for planting of warm weather crops later in the season.The third project students helped with was digging out a new bed for two blueberry plants. This was hard work as the soil proved to be extremely dense.
View of the first garden box at the end of the garden party.
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