Today we were back in the garden with two classes of kindergartners and the first and second grade gardeners.
What we did today:
Farmer Barbara & Ms. Molly
What we did today:
- harvested carrots, turnips, and broccoli
- observed the damage the aphids were doing to the bok choy and the green caterpillars making holes in the plants' leaves
- brainstormed about companion flora (like the three sisters: corn, peas, and squash) we want to plant for spring
- clean up the areas around the beds and add them to the compost pile
- start designing your new beds, considering how we can avoid the overcrowding we saw with the carrots
- harvest cabbage
- we will begin to plant good February plants with their companions
- talk about different layers of plants in space (roots, groundcovers, herbaceous, vining, bushes, trees) and time
Farmer Barbara & Ms. Molly