K-3 Garden Spring 2012

K-3 Garden Spring 2012
A cleaned out garden bed.

Groundhogs: Pests or Gardeners? By K.Miller

How Groundhog's Garden Grew
By Lynne Cherry

Reviewed by K. Miller

This story is about a groundhog who learned how to garden. First he was stealing from a neighbor's garden and the animals caught him. They told him to grow his own garden and he said he didn't know how. So, a smart squirrel taught him how to grow a garden. Read more and find out if he was a good gardener or a pest.

I liked this book because it reminded me of planting our garden in Short Hills. Also, the illustrations were really good. Sometimes the author/illustrator would put pictures around the edges of the pages. The pictures were of plants, seeds and things that are pests and things that aren't pests. My favorite picture is the one where Groundhog is getting out of his burrow in the spring and he and squirrel are cutting up potatoes to plant in the garden. Also, I liked the end pages because they had lots of pictures of things we grew in our garden. This is a good book to read!

Ms.Collins checks out the racket! What's going on out there?

Ms.Collins checks out the racket! What's going on out there?

Reading the chore list...

Reading the chore list...
Checking out the chores before heading out to the garden to get a few things done.

Hard at work!

Hard at work!

Filling the wheel barrow

Filling the wheel barrow

Wonderful, nutritious soil!

Wonderful, nutritious soil!

Aerating soil

Aerating soil

Deep, dark, rich soil!

Deep, dark, rich soil!

Checking out the veggie flats

Checking out the veggie flats

What are we growing here?

What are we growing here?

Watering the veggie flats

Watering the veggie flats

The woodchips finally arrived!

The woodchips finally arrived!

Spreading out the wood chips!

Spreading out the wood chips!

1SW has one last FROZEN work day in the garden!

1SW has one last FROZEN work day in the garden!
Brrrrr! It was cold, but we managed to get a little more raking, digging and fertilizing done.

Our teacher finally put down the camera for one minute... Smile!

Lots of teamwork by garden groups!

Rocks to cover an unsightly drain... soon to be the home of our beautiful bird feeder from a special elf!

There's lots of raking to do and we had fun doing it!


We all worked together and a lot got done!

2 and 3rd graders working together!


This is how you do it!

Mrs. Euwer demonstrates her garden technique in her snazzy garden boots!

More composting!

Shoveling is harder than you think!