K-3 Garden Spring 2012

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

How Many People Have Been Inspired to Garden at Home?

Many Pingry folks of all ages have been inspired to start their own patches of garden happiness at home as a result of the knowledge gained in their classes and work teams. Mr. Corvino added many flowering plants and bushes to his backyard last summer and raised crops of tomatoes and basil, ingredients for pizza that he will regrow this planting season.We thought it would be fun to do a survey to find out how many families and faculty members have been getting their hands dirty in hopes of a harvest payoff or for the incentive of providing more color and beauty in their lives. Below is one first grader who is leading the action at her own home because this is a new venture for her family! Notice the companion plant marigolds ready to lend their bright color and guardian function.

This first grade gardener has all her equipment and materials ready to beautify her home!















Proud Pingry siblings working in their community garden

Another proud first grade gardener!



Father and son make a good team for planting window boxes!
  

A proud gardener ready to plant




A first grade gardener tends to his summer crops!
  


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!