Garden+Journal

__November 22, 2011:__ Snow peas in the greenhouse are ready for harvest! There is a hearty crop! __November 14, 2011:__ Snow pea, lettuce, and cilantro seedlings (about 120 plants total!) were donated to the Interfaith Food Shuttle where they will be grown to maturity and fed to those in need. Many thanks to those mentors and mentees who planted these seeds that flourished in the Underwood greenhouse and are now making a great contribution to our community!

__November 9, 2011:__ Lettuce was harvested and served as salad for mentor/mentee program. __November 7, 2011:__ Snow peas are flowering. Lettuce is ready to be harvested. __October 6, 2011:__ Mentors & Mentees planted pansies, allium bulbs, kale, garlic, cabbage, cauliflower, mizuna, and more in the garden! Thanks everybody! __Week of October 3, 2011:__ Kindergarten students planted onions, shallots, and cilantro in the Fall/Winter garden bed! __September 19, 2011:__ Lettuce and Snow Peas are sprouting in the greenhouse! __September 15, 2011:__ Third grade students from Mr. Brown's class visited the garden to sketch plant parts (root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, seed) and relate them to the plant's life cycle. Students also harvested potatoes, thyme, basil, and parsley. Lettuce and snow peas were planted in the greenhouse bed. __August, 2011:__ Ambrosia Melon from the summer garden was served at the back-to-school teachers' breakfast. Ambrosia melon looks like a cantaloupe, but is sweeter and juicier! Yummy in my tummy! __May, 2011:__ The red cabbage plants have demonstrated bolting, flowering, and have now 'gone to seed'. There are small pods growing from the plants that house the seeds. This answers the question, "Where does the seed come from?" . Please share with your students! __April 25, 2011:__ Strawberries are ready to be picked. Elective students picked, tasted, and shared strawberries with office staff this week. __April 2, 2011:__ Potatoes are sprouting! __March 20, 2011:__ The strawberry plants are flowering! __March 17, 2011:__ Sugar snap peas were transplanted from the greenhouse to around the garden tent by Ms. Peaden's elective students. __March 13, 2011:__ The garden work day was a huge success! Many thanks to all the parents, students, and staff who donated their time and energy today! We accomplished a whole lot! The pollinator bed was planted and pavers were placed. Loads of weeds and grass were removed and replaced with mulch. Plant markers were placed (thanks Leslie!) and a special piece of art was added - Rudy the rooster, our garden mascot! __March 9, 2011:__ Sweet peas are sprouting! __March 8, 2011:__ Lettuce is sprouting! __March 3, 2011__: Super Sleuth elective planted potatoes. __March 2, 2011:__ Thyme is sprouting! __March 1, 2011:__ A group of 2nd grade KIT students lead by Lesia Lee Koonce transplanted flowers (that the students had started from seed) to the garden today. Many thanks to Lesia & those KIT students! __March 1, 2011:__ Kale & lemon balm are sprouting! The Scientific Reasoning elective planted lettuce. Students will be exploring how changes in water, nutrients, light, and temperature affect germination and growth. __February 27, 2011:__ The 'What's Cooking?' elective is making broccoli salad & kohlrabi pickles from their garden harvest to enjoy this week. __February 26, 2011:__ Radishes in square bed outside are sprouting! __February 24, 2011:__ Three elective classes planted sweet peas, kale, and thyme. The 'What's Cooking?' elective harvested broccoli, kohlrabi, mizuna, shallots, and onions. __February 23, 2011:__ Sugar snap peas and radishes (in the greenhouse bed) are sprouting! __February 17, 2011:__ Four elective classes planted sugar snap peas, watermelon radish, and lemon balm. A fifth elective class began the process of growing potatoes. __February 13, 2011:__ Two Underwood Dads, Matt Gilbert & Ryan Lockett, began the spring garden transformation. They planted blueberry bushes, installed a bamboo tent that will support sugar snap peas & sweet peas, and prepared a gardening bed. Thanks Matt & Ryan! __January 2011:__ The broccoli, red cabbage, mizuna, shallots, kohlrabi, and onions are still surviving this cold weather. Some small chard & mache are around too. The plants have not produced much but are hanging in there! __November 5, 2010__: Mizuna was harvested by 2nd graders. Mizuna grew beautifully from seed and was shared for tasting with all 3 K classes, two 1st grade classes, and two 2nd grade classes. Onions were harvested by kindergarteners. There was not much bulb formation, so we were happy to take them as scallions. Two onions were left to find out if the bulbs would grow more in time. __October 1, 2010:__ Onion sets are sprouting!

__September 30, 2010:__ Spinach seeds are sprouting!  __September 24, 2010:__ Mache seeds are sprouting!  __September 22, 2010:__ Chard seeds are sprouting!  __September 21, 2010:__ Mizuna seeds are sprouting!  __September 16, 2010:__ Seven classrooms (grades K-3) planted our fall garden in the square & rectangle raised beds.Thank you students and teachers!*Strawberry, Broccoli, Red Cabbage, and Kohlrabi plants were added.*Mache, Bourdeaux Spinach, Rainbow Chard, Mizuna seeds were planted.*Shallot & red/yellow/white onion sets were planted.