Help Is On The Way

Today is our last Garden N Grow class of 2014.  The summer has flown by!  Our harvest yield was disappointing this year.  We had a little over 100 lbs, compared to over 300 lbs last summer.  The cool, wet start to the season and pest damage took their toll.  We'll learn from it and do some things differently next year.

Today the class learned about being a scientist and about jobs in horticulture.  They also wrote thank you notes for the folks at Fairview Christian Church for their hospitality this summer.

THANK YOU!

Harvesting

Found a lace wing!

Writing thank you notes

The Garden N Grow team

Trading Traits

We got some rain over the weekend, so we didn't have to water the gardens.  We had a really good cucumber harvest this morning.

More squash bugs?

Today the students learned how plants develop new traits - selection, breeding, mutation, and genetic engineering.  Then they designed their own monster plants.  Playing with their food was allowed - as long as they ate it!