K-3 Garden Spring 2012

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

Fall Harvest and Clean-up-October 11,2012










The summer drought is gone, and the snap of autumn coolness is in the air. The kids have been working hard at clean-up tasks and the harvesting of fall crops for the lunchroom. The first and second-graders were very surprised and excited by the joy of pulling up potatoes and beets from the ground. They gave the "spuds" to the kitchen staff who used them for a delicious soup. It is magical to experience the full cycle!




 

                                      







(2-Dr observations on Potato Harvest Day)
It was hard for me to find the potatoes because I had to dig deep into the ground.
     
 
It was hard to see the potatoes because the top of the bed just had dead plants. We thought the potatoes had been eaten by creatures, but when I pulled out the dead potato plant out popped two potatoes! I felt great!



When my classmate pulled out the first two potatoes I thought they were the only ones left in the bed. I was surprised when I started digging to find more potatoes!

                        




Potaoes for the lunchroom!
 

We found some peppers too!
Non-appetizing beets before cleaning...


Sweet beets ready to eat! Beauty and the Beets!
 


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!