The Short Hills Garden Blog: A cold, snowy week in the garden!

A cold, snowy week in the garden!

What a difficult week this has been! I have been busy in the garden cleaning up the tree branches that fell during the storm! I took lots of pictures of what happened, but haven't had internet access to post them! Over the next few days Mrs. Gibson and I will get them posted so you can see what the garden looked like while we were off from school! The bad news is that we lost the last of our crops because they froze. The good news is that we have lots of work to do in the garden over the next two weeks to prepare for the next season! It's getting cold, so we have to hurry before the ground freezes up! Get ready to work like true farmers!

"Great Garden Quotes" by third graders

" I think the garden has been really great! It is like a community with lots of teamwork." Ryan

" Today we planted beets, parsley and lettuce. It was so much fun!" Josh

" Pushing and pulling the wheel barrow was fun!" Derek

"Whenever I walk through the garden doors I feel alive. I would work there all day! " Anonymous

"We went to the garden today! We planted lettuce, herbs and more. I LOVED IT! Natalie

" I am so happy that Pingry decided to have a garden! I planted stuff today. I don't remember what all the names are, but it was so much fun!" Oliver

" Working in the garden for the past few weeks has been so much fun! Dylan has been by my side the whole time from loosening the soil to planting parsley." Isabella

" I think getting a shed was a great idea, because now all the tools are in one place where we can find it." Lucy

" I thought that digging wood chips would be really heavy, but they turned out to be light as a feather! Dirt is A LOT heavier in the wheel barrows, but the wood chips are harder to dig up!" Alex

" Though people say you work to plant veggies. I say you kind of play to plant veggies. My favorite part of gardening was planting the veggies." Victoria

" Even though it was hot and hard work, we all loved it! Everyone had a great time, some laughter and a big smile!" Anonymous

K-3 Garden Spring 2012

A cold, snowy week in the garden!

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

Reading the chore list...

Hard at work!

Filling the wheel barrow

Wonderful, nutritious soil!

Aerating soil

Deep, dark, rich soil!

Checking out the veggie flats

What are we growing here?

Watering the veggie flats

The woodchips finally arrived!

Spreading out the wood chips!

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