Planting Day!

On March 11, 2011, we finally got to plant our seedlings and other plants in the garden.


Ms. Skarke is teaching us how to carefully get the plant without breaking the roots.



We all have a part in building the garden! 



Mrs. Plante giving the boys instructions on what to do next.
Yes, that's her real name!


Working as a team!

Cleaning Day!!!

We spent an entire day cleaning out the greenhouse that had not been used in 2 years. It was a lot of work but well wortjh the sweat and dirt!

Our trip to Home Depot...

We took a CBI (Community Based Instruction) to Home Depot to purchase various potted plants.



Marigolds - keeps the bugs away!



We purchased these to use as a border.



Let there be seeds...

We spent a week planting various seeds. Then, took our seedlings out to the greenhouse.

Our plants are growing!

Seeds that were planted: watermelon, strawberries, tomatoes, beans, sage, basil, cucumber, onion, peppers, wildflowers, pumpkin, corn, spinach, radish, carrots, grass and more.



Winter 2011 - Prepping the Garden

We started by clearing out a the land of the old plants, saving what we could.

Our goal this year was to develop an ORGANIC garden, using only safe products without harmful chemicals. We made weed killer using dish soap, vinegar and salt.

After we got rid of the grass and weeds, the FFA (Future Farmers of America) helped by donating manure and nitrates to till into the garden. We then layed plastic edging, built rows for the vegetables and sprinkled grass seeds into the walking space.

Start of something new...

TOMATO!

Last year's garden was our first attempt at gardening. We kept it small with six separate areas. There were tomatoes, beans, broccoli, cantelope, squash, peppers and flowers. The marigolds help to keep the bugs away from our vegetables. There was a lot of work put in but even more learned from our initial attempt in the garden!

BROCCOLI

WORKING HARD...