Junior Harvesters Open House and Plant Sale

Tater time

On Monday we harvested potatoes and when I say that I mean we had a full-on fight on who got the most potatoes, and who got the dirtiest. We were pushing each other out of the way to get to the potatoes and throwing dirt on each other.  On that day we got about 8 pounds of potatoes.  We also harvested our first zucchinis.

(As dictated to Mrs. G.)

Garden Report April 24-May 4

On April 29 we harvested the rest of our snow peas also we harvested kale.We cleaned up the garden by pulling weeds .





On May 1  we watered and planted herbs in large containers.We harvested cilantro and removed snow peas also we trimmed our plants in the butterfly garden.






On May 4 We tilled our bed for squash and moved our herbs to a sunnier location.

hi blogger readers!! This will be the first but not the last time i talk to you personally about my opinions. Someone has been harvesting our carrots out of the garden. All Junior Harvesters think that this is wrong! So, to solve this problem, Mr. L and the bloggers will be putting up signs that say,

"PLEASE DO NOT HARVEST OUR VEGETABLES." 

This garden is grown and tended by SES students. All that we grow is used in our cafeteria where all of our students can enjoy our homegrown produce.

Garden Report for Week of April 22nd

Over the last week, we have been doing quite a bit of things in the garden. We potted parsley and harvested many vegetables, including collards, lettuce,radishes, and snow peas.We had some damage from bugs and the rainstorms over the week, which caused our potatoes to be blown over.The 10 inches of rain over the week flooded our shed badly. Harlequin bugs showed up on kale and collards, which Mr.Lowry sprayed.Our Friday session was cancelled due to the rain. We also repotted herbs and harvested lettuce and pulled  weeds.

Wednesday April the first we started potting  basil. We harvested a lot of lettuce.Also we watered and weeded the garden beds.

Friday junior harvesters met on Thursday during recess due to early release .we planted green beans and Prolific squash .We also added  soil to the potatoes.

On Monday we cleaned up are outdoor dining area and pulled the old snow peas off of trellis

Beets- 8.5  lbs

Parsley- ½ lbs

Lettuce -18.2 lbs

Snow Peas- 1.5 lbs

Cabbage -17.5 lbs

Kale-4.4 lbs

Spinach- 5.5 lbs

Cilantro- ½ lbs

TOTAL WEIGHT:

56.6 lbs

For the week of April 15^th we have been doing lots of things. On Monday, we harvested lettuce, spinach, and cabbage. Potted up 2” herbs to 4” peppers. We also donated a selection of culinary herbs to the booster club auction. On Wednesday, we potted 2” basil to 4”. We also harvested lettuce . On Friday, we had to move Friday group to Thursday due to Jamboree. On Friday, we planted squash and beans. 

Weekly Garden Report

Over the past week bunches of things have been going on. We wanted to thank Apple Lumber for donating “kid – sized” rakes and shovels. On Monday, we filled pots, harvested Parsley, cilantro, and lettuce, we also planted tomatoes. On Wednesday, we potted , pulled weeds, and pulled plants on one side of the trellis. On Friday we planted cucumbers, marigolds , squash, and filled big pots.

Garden reports from lastweek

 The Wednesday group got moved to Thursday  due to the weather. They reseeded carrots, harvested lettuce, snow peas , and cabbage.

March 13, we planted radishes, kale plants. We also reworked more containers.

There was no blog on Spring break, but Mr. L checked on garden over spring break

March 23, We managed to harvest snow peas, cabbage ,kale, and spinach.(General clean up in preparation for garden tour on Wednesday morning)

March 25, We had our garden tour today with the Central Texas School Food Service Directors Association(CTSFSDA). There were 15 attendees from places such as Burnet, Dripping Springs, San Antonio, and Texas Department Of  Agriculture. We served kale salad, coleslaw/cabbage, red and green salad /lettuce and beats.

Garden report

Over the week , we have done a bunch of things in the garden and out   . Such as, planting, harvesting,  taking too many  blog photos and we’re now working on posters for the Smithville Green Expo. On Wednesday  we harvested lettuce, pulled weeds, and potted up seedlings. On Monday, we had to reschedule to Tuesday due to the rain. But the Monday group harvested lettuce, cabbage, and snow peas. We also repotted parsley, set up pallets for transplants out of the  room and put them in the  under the grow light, and repotted Ms. G’s ivys. On Friday, we repotted\ bumped up lettuce, and and took too many photos.

Harvest Total

                        Harvest Total

January 21 - February 24  Total:79 ¼ lbs.

Kale:6 ½ lbs.

Lettuce:20 lbs.

Spinach:2 lbs.

Broccolli:3 1/2

Bok Choy:19 ½ lbs.

Chinese Cabbage:6 lbs.

Cauliflower:1 lb.

Paisley:1 lb.

Carrots:2 ½ lbs.

Snow Peas:1 lb.

Beets:16 ½ lbs.

Weekly Garden Report

Weekly garden activity

Feb 25  - March 4

All throughout last  week we had gotten quite a few different things done. On Monday, we had harvested beets and  transplanted marigolds and alyssum. On Wednesday, we harvested lettuce and beets. On Friday, it was too cold and wet to go to the garden so we started seeds, transplanted marigolds and peppers in Mr. Lowery’s classroom.

Over the past four weeks, we have been growing many plants under the grow light. We have been growing , lettuces, tomatoes, and a bunch of different herbs . The mint has barely improved with growth while the  tomatoes are ready to be transplanted. Some plants are going to be moved and planted directly into the garden while others will be put into larger pots.