Friday, June 26, 2009

Our first week!

Everyday we are taking pictures of our work in both the garden and the greenhouse. Hopefully after a few weeks everyone will be able to see how hard we have been working.
Here are the first pics right after tilling the garden:






Then after a couple days work:



So far this week, we have hauled out a lot of excess greenery and garbage. Students built several raised beds and have so far planted several different kinds of peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and eggplant.


Here are the first pics of the greenhouse; as you can see it was pretty messy:





This week students learned the parts of a plant, and the differences between monocot and dicot seeds - as well as how seeds germinate. Each student planted their own wheat, rye, alfalfa, and pole bean which they will be responsible for throughout the summer. Here are our end of the week pics of the greenhouse: