Tomato plants (little puny, but hopefully will come around if we keep them watered)
Carrots
Cucumbers and green peppers
New flowers (in the prior pea bed) and radish row in the bottom right corner
Caden's corner with some new flowers
New flowers
Lettuce and green beans
I went to Jung's this morning and bought some of their discounted annuals with my Jung's dollars. Nothing looked very good, but hopefully with some TLC these flowers will go crazy and look beautiful for the festival. :) (Can't hurt to hope.)
You may have noticed that we have many potted plants in the garden. One of our former students started all these plants on his apartment patio and ran out of room. He asked both Fr. Schmitt and I if he could add them into our garden. Please don't weed anything in these pots. Thank you!
PLEASE feel free to stop in and snip some lettuce (plenty!), and pull some green beans and carrots. Between Diane Neal and her son, Payton, and I we reseeded more spinach, beets and radishes. There will be plenty of cucumbers and tomatoes soon! :)
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Been a month....
A huge thanks goes out to those of you who have kept the garden weeded and watered. I drove by tonight (couldn't wait until tomorrow to see it). I added a second level to the cucumber "ladder". As I wandered around I found that all of the spinach had gone to seed and the radishes where the size of beets. The peas are well past harvest, too. I pulled all the radishes and spinach plants and I will harvest all the peas and take them all out of their pods. I hope to get those put in the freezer for the cafeteria to use in the fall. The carrots are looking great.
Thanks again to all those who kept an eye on the garden! :) Kim
ps. Pictures to come...
Thanks again to all those who kept an eye on the garden! :) Kim
ps. Pictures to come...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Lots of radishes! :)
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Garden update June 3, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
3rd grade visits the garden (5.19.20)
Some students looking at Caden's corner. It had the most beautiful tulips bloom. I look forward to seeing the marigolds come up there, too.
Many students helped pick up the millions of rocks that were stirred up to the top when it was rototilled last. One student was so proud, he picked up 50+ rocks! Awesome work, Austin!
Do you see our first bean plant. I am so excited to see some of these coming up. I know that it sounds weird, but the fact that we can grow veggies from seeds just continues to amaze me! :)
Pulling weeds! Very successful job!
Thinning out the radish plants. They really did a great job and didn't go too crazy! :)
Checking out our up and coming pea plants. They were so careful to not step on the little plants!
There are some of our pea plants. We are way behind where we were last year, but the weather has not cooperated very well this season.
More thinning out of radishes.
It was perfect weather and they were wonderful workers! :)
Many students helped pick up the millions of rocks that were stirred up to the top when it was rototilled last. One student was so proud, he picked up 50+ rocks! Awesome work, Austin!
Do you see our first bean plant. I am so excited to see some of these coming up. I know that it sounds weird, but the fact that we can grow veggies from seeds just continues to amaze me! :)
Pulling weeds! Very successful job!
Thinning out the radish plants. They really did a great job and didn't go too crazy! :)
Checking out our up and coming pea plants. They were so careful to not step on the little plants!
There are some of our pea plants. We are way behind where we were last year, but the weather has not cooperated very well this season.
More thinning out of radishes.
It was perfect weather and they were wonderful workers! :)
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Garden planting continues!
The 4th graders and I went out right after lunch on this beautiful day! This was THE BEST class I have EVER had with this group!!!! They were awesome! Some planted carrots, some planted radishes and others planted cucumbers. The best part was they also helped me get spots ready for the 1st graders. They dug little troughs and helped mark where the 1st graders would plant.
Beautiful, beautiful tulips!
The 1st graders and I went out for an hour at the end of the school day. It is hard keeping them all focused and happy, but we did it (for the most part). :) They planted green beans and marigolds.
I can't wait to see all of these start coming up!!!! I even got a little sunburned today! :) :) :)
Beautiful, beautiful tulips!
The 1st graders and I went out for an hour at the end of the school day. It is hard keeping them all focused and happy, but we did it (for the most part). :) They planted green beans and marigolds.
I can't wait to see all of these start coming up!!!! I even got a little sunburned today! :) :) :)
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Spring planting began today!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Daffodils are showing their stuff...
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Spent the morning at the garden! :)
So, I went this morning and actually got dirty! :) Grandpa Besler came and rototilled the ground up and I trimmed the bushes, moved some leaves and put up some stakes.
I have decided that I am just like my mom in many ways and that is OK! :)
Our winter sowing is beginning to show some growth. We have lettuce and spinach sprouts.
Chives
Row of daffodils just ready to burst!
Of course, I had to have a pic of the cute crocus!
This will be our melon and cucumber growing "fence". Not sure if you can tell, but the bottom is an old spring form that goes in a crib. It is awesome and I would love to find another to go on the top, but the likelihood of that is slim to none; so the plan is to put up a short piece of fencing up on top. It worked great last year, we'll see.
I got Caden's corner set back up.
This is what it looks like laid out as of today. May change, not sure. To the right are the pea tripods.
I have decided that I am just like my mom in many ways and that is OK! :)
Our winter sowing is beginning to show some growth. We have lettuce and spinach sprouts.
Chives
Row of daffodils just ready to burst!
Of course, I had to have a pic of the cute crocus!
This will be our melon and cucumber growing "fence". Not sure if you can tell, but the bottom is an old spring form that goes in a crib. It is awesome and I would love to find another to go on the top, but the likelihood of that is slim to none; so the plan is to put up a short piece of fencing up on top. It worked great last year, we'll see.
I got Caden's corner set back up.
This is what it looks like laid out as of today. May change, not sure. To the right are the pea tripods.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
They just keep springing up!!!
Monday, March 28, 2011
WOW!!!!
Saturday, March 19, 2011
3.18.2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
02.21.11
My goodness it has been a long time since I last posted... Not much going on out there with the exception of our compost bin is composing and the settling of the leaves we put over the top of the entire area. I can't wait to see little green sprouts coming from the ground in several weeks, when our bulbs begin to come up.
The 7th and 8th graders winter sowed a ton of seeds today. They planted peas, beans, 2 different kinds of lettuce, cantaloupe, spinach, squash, and carrots. I hope that we see some of those come up, too. Thanks to Polly Reott for helping us with the donation of the seeds to get us started. Thanks to Jay Rotter for the dirt he and his family donated. Finally, thanks to Mr. Dave and his group for rinsing and saving all their juice containers for us to use.
This spring I plan to have a Saturday where we get out there, clean up the place and get some new beds established. It is always good to change things up each year so we will be creating some new beds. I am looking for donations for wood chips and time, when the time comes. Please let me know if you would be available.
Thanks much and happy growing!!! :)
The 7th and 8th graders winter sowed a ton of seeds today. They planted peas, beans, 2 different kinds of lettuce, cantaloupe, spinach, squash, and carrots. I hope that we see some of those come up, too. Thanks to Polly Reott for helping us with the donation of the seeds to get us started. Thanks to Jay Rotter for the dirt he and his family donated. Finally, thanks to Mr. Dave and his group for rinsing and saving all their juice containers for us to use.
This spring I plan to have a Saturday where we get out there, clean up the place and get some new beds established. It is always good to change things up each year so we will be creating some new beds. I am looking for donations for wood chips and time, when the time comes. Please let me know if you would be available.
Thanks much and happy growing!!! :)
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