Thursday, October 8, 2009
End of the Year - Teddy Bear Picnic
We ended the school year with the Annandale Garden's First Annual Teddy Bear Picnic. The kids were invited to bring their favorite furry stuffed friend and shared healthy snacks in the garden. In celebration of a full school year of gardening, students were issued "Junior Master Gardener" pins.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
New School Year and a Fresh Start
Before and After
At the end of the last school year, June 2009, our garden suffered an invasion of gophers. The little beasts destroyed a number of our flower beds in a remarkably short time and managed to turn our pretty little garden into hole-y mounds of dirt. After a brief battle with smoke bombs and employing streams of water to flood the gophers' homes, I gave up and left the garden to the gophers for the summer break and took the time off from gardening.
This week was my first week back to the garden and aside from the 3 foot tall weeds, was relieved to find that the troublesome critters had abandoned our garden for greener pastures.
The class and kids will be returning to the garden in the next week and we are all eager to begin planting.
At the end of the last school year, June 2009, our garden suffered an invasion of gophers. The little beasts destroyed a number of our flower beds in a remarkably short time and managed to turn our pretty little garden into hole-y mounds of dirt. After a brief battle with smoke bombs and employing streams of water to flood the gophers' homes, I gave up and left the garden to the gophers for the summer break and took the time off from gardening.This week was my first week back to the garden and aside from the 3 foot tall weeds, was relieved to find that the troublesome critters had abandoned our garden for greener pastures.
The class and kids will be returning to the garden in the next week and we are all eager to begin planting.
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