Garden In Full Swing

With the high temperatures and nearly 22 hours of sunlight, our garden is beginning to thrive. Tomatoes, peppers, corn and some herbs are in the greenhouse. Lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, cucumbers, zucchini, summer squash, broccoli, pumpkin, herbs, peas and beans are in the big beds. Potatoes and onions are in separate barrels. With very little rain this month and the temperatures close to 90 degrees, I have been watering morning and night. Had our first cucumber and lots of salad makings this week.

 

 

It's All About Dirt!

We are on to soil this week. We are starting with this fun coloring book called Sammy Soil. It's a little look at what happens with soil. Here is the link to the coloring book:

http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/edresources/ss-cover.html

Gnome Garden Takes Shape

Sammy worked very hard today on his Gnome Herb Garden. They will have a basil and rosemary forest, camomile bushes and a huge sunflower tree. The hardest part was keeping the lab from eating the starts!

One Step Off Normal Junior Gardener Starts Today

Sammy and I are starting out Gardening Adventure today. My Alaska Master Gardener class starts and so does Sammy's "Kinder Gardener" Class. We have been working in the yard preparing our garden beds and greenhouse for planting. We have repotted our starts and planted. Over the last few days we have been reading from our gardening book.

LESSON #1: How plants grow?  Here are some handouts and a mini-quiz we will be working with for this lesson. http://www.craftjr.com/plant-life/ 

Join us on our summer gardening adventure. You can follow along and use the same handouts if you have a child who would enjoy this!  I'm calling it the Kinder Gardener Program because Sammy will be starting Kindergarden in the fall. Junior Gardener is also a great name.

Join us on our summer gardening adventure. You can follow along and use the same handouts if you have a child who would enjoy this!  I'm calling it the Kinder Gardener Program because Sammy will be starting Kindergarden in the fall. Junior Gardener is also a great name.