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“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like
dirt.” Margaret Atwood |
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Planting with a purpose means
planting with the goal of more than just harvesting be it produce or
flowers. When we
select seeds students will plant, we have in mind how we will integrate
them into the garden cycle. We harvest in May from seeds planted in
mid-March. The produce that remains after school lets out is used in
summer programs and donated to the food pantry. Summer program
participants plant quicker producing crops i.e. green beans so they are
ready for students to harvest in the fall. We welcome classes back
to school with a potato harvest and treat. We harvest for soup in late
summer from spring plantings.
- The week of Earth Day, our students plant sun flower, marigold,
zinnia and cosmos seeds in specific sections of the flower gardens.
When the students return to school in the fall:
- We border the flower gardens with petunia and alyssum.
- Specifically, we plant fragrant petunias to sent the gardens.
The flowers are used for the students to dissect and learn about
plant parts.
- Alyssum (tall sweet variety) are great for pressing and they
also add fragrance to the gardens.
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