The First Garden Day

Today it was really warm outside. We were looking forward to being in the garden and it was really fun.

Group A raked out the leaves, added compost and planted peas. We also took soil samples for pH tests. We marked where we took our samples on a map of the garden. We found some spiders and worms.

Group B turned over the soil in one of the raised beds and then we added compost and planted kale, tatsoi, and lettuce mix. We also tasted the spinach because the spinach was left over from last year and still growing! It was good! In the soil in the bed we discovered acorns that were sprouting! We called them acorn bombs because they looked like bombs with their little tails, and one student said, "Wouldn't it be great if all bombs exploded into plants!"

In Group C, we took soil samples and raked up the garden and planted seeds too.

In Group D we turned over the soil in another raised bed, added compost and planted a lot of different seeds, like red mustard and Pirat lettuce. We found some wolf spiders and worms and centipedes in the raised bed.

That's what we did in the garden today and it was really fun. :)

Spring News!

This Thursday, April 17th, 2008 is our first fourth grade garden work day in 2008. We will be planting peas, spinach, tatsoi and other greens. We will also prune the raspberries and clean up the garden by raking the leaves. Some students will take soil samples which we will later test for pH, nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium.

Check our blog again soon to find out how the fourth graders enjoyed
their first day back in the garden!

We can't wait until our garden looks like this again!