We had a fun and productive year in our school garden ! Each
Thursday Ms Lau & Ms Merrills 3rd grade students spent time
cultivating food, flower's & herbs in our Phoenix Farm, (aka the Big
Raised Bed Garden).
The students learned about cool
weather & warm weather vegetable's, flowers & herbs. They also
learned how to amend soil, plant, stake, fertilize & harvest food
& seeds. More topic's included, plant life cycles, plant
adaptations, companion planting,beneficial & not so beneficial
insects, applying scientific method, vertical growing, seed germination,
decomposers, compost cycles, raising chickens, monarch butterfly life
cycles,irrigation techniques, building supports, farmers markets, and
farm to table cooking classes.
We were so busy working and having fun, that we only have a few pictures
to represent all those wonderful days in the garden. Here are a few
highlights !
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| The students measured, planned & hung the Woolly Pockets |
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| Then planted them with strawberry's |
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| Sign Painting |
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| Journal making with recycled paper |
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It was the year of the Snail Invasion
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Which provided tasty treats for our Hens
Time to Harvest Cabbage, who is that head !
Ms Merrill, WE LOVE YOU !
Time to cut and cook then eat !!! Thanks Michelle
Fava Beans and Cabbage Art
Thanks to all the parent volunteers, our fabulous 3rd Grade Teachers, the Curious and Capable 3rd Graders, and of course Mother Nature !
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