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Garden School
Keeping children

in touch with nature
 
Resources for Using the Gardens and Nature Trail as a Teaching Tool
Coordinator - Vegetable planting, harvesting & teaching guide
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Spring Schedule (2008)
Early Spring Planting
Early Spring Harvest
Late Spring Planting

 
Fall Schedule (2008)
Fall Planting
Field Study Guide
Gardening
Journal Pages
Library
Nature Trail
Nutrition in the Gardens
Special Projects
 
 Weblink for kids with vegetable characters and facts
Insects and the garden plants they favor
Cole Crops
Garden research pagePdf
Reference of how long from planting to produce
Average last and first frost dates in our area are April 29 and October 13

 
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Insects
Diseases
Start
seeds
inside
Plant 5/22 harv.
Plant 9/15
harv.
Plant 10/15 
harv.
Days
to 
germ.
Seed to harvest
Harvest
      Asparagus     2 Pdf History              
   *  * Beans, 
Pole		 roots             70-90 days
   *  * Beans Fava              
 120 days
   *  * Beans, Lima   Mexican Bean Beetle           90-130 days
   *  * Beets               45-60 days
 *    * Broccoli     Mid-Feb.         70-120 days
   *  * Brussel
Sprout		               90-120 days
     * Cabbage,  Roots   Late Jan.         90-110 days
   *  * Carrots History
roots		             65-90 days
 *  *  * Chicory                90-120 days
 *  *  * Collards                
   *  * Corn History             60-100 days
   *  * Cucumber History
roots
 Insects
 Early Apr.         50-75 days
   *  * Egg Plant  History
roots		   March 15         80-100 days
 *  *  * Endive History              
   *  * GarlicPdf roots              
Ground Cherries
 *  *  * Kale, History              55-60 days
*  *  * Kohl Rabi  History
Roots		             50-70 days
   *  * Leeks History
root 		             120-150 days
 *  *  * Lettuce History
Roots		             40-70 days
   *  * Muskmelon History
roots		             90-150 days
 *  *  * Mustard History             40-70 days
   * * Okra History
Roots		             50-70 days
   *  * Onion
National
Assoc.		 History
Roots		             90-120 days
 *  *   Onion sets Pdf History              
   *  * Parsley History             65-90 days
   *  * Parsnip History             95-110 days
 *  *  * Peas History
roots		             60-75 days
   *  * Pepper
Plants		 History
roots		             75-85 days
   *  * Potato,
red/white       2   Pdf		              
   *  * Pumpkin History
Root		             90-120 days
 *  *  * Radish History
Roots		             20-75 days
   *  * Rutabaga History             90-120 days
   *  * Soybeans History              
 *  *  * Spinach,
Wisconsin		 History
Roots 
Trivia		             45-60 days
   *  * Squash,
Summer		 History
Roots 		             55-70 days
   *  * Squash, 
Winter		 History             90-125 days
 *  *  * Swiss
Chard		 History
Roots		             45-60 days
      Sweet
Potato		 History
Roots		             October
Tomatillo
   *  * Tomato main page 
seeds 
indoors		 History
Roots		             70-100 days
   *  * Turnip History             45-90 days
Vegetables you can harvest after frost
These vegetables are ideal to plant in late summer and harvest after the first hard fall frost:
      · Cole:  Kale, Broccoli, Brussel sprouts
      · Greens:  Swiss Chard, Lettuce, Spinach
      · Root:  Beets, Turnips, Carrots, Radish
      · Legume:  Peas
 
 
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."  Robert Louis Stevenson
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