Three Sisters - Beans, Corn and Squash

Since there hasn't been much rain, we started the day weeding and watering, while dodging raindrops! As expected, that rain didn't amount to much.

Miss Cass explained the ancient Indian technique of growing corn, beans and squash called "Three Sisters". The Master Gardeners constructed bamboo tepees, and the young gardeners did the planting. Squash went in the middle of the tepee and corn and beans around the periphery. We completed Three Sisters project by watering well.

A mysterious scarecrow in a Garden 'n' Grow tee shirt moved into the garden over the weekend. He is quiet and needed a noisy friend. The young gardeners made a noisy scarecrow out of recycled cans and buckets, and signed their names on his belly. When the wind blows his arms and legs, he'll make lots of noise and hopefully scare away the rabbit that has been nibbling on Anna's squash.

Miss Chris showed the students how to make and calibrate a rain gauge out of one litre bottles and marbles. The rain gauges were uniquely decorated by the gardeners.