Week 4

We are experiencing some difficulties with our crops. Only a few of the lettuce seeds and a little more than a dozen of our carrots have sprouted shoots. Our Zucchini's are producing more and more and we should be ready to pick our first few next week. We have replanted peas and radishes this week and hopefully we will see more growth this time. Sorry no pictures again this week. I have been photographing this week so there will be pictures on next weeks post.

Week 3

Between the rain and our field trip we did not photograph our progress this week. Our radishes, snow peas and lettuce are now well out of the ground and our first zucchini are almost ready to pick. Yay!

Week 2

This week we saw some of our crops begin to peek through the dirt, we have carrot, radish and snow pea shoots visible. We watered our garden and planted more carrots, cilantro and lettuce, as well as some zinnias to beautify under our fig tree. This coming week we will be focusing on weeding and watering and continue to photograph our progress. The zucchini's plants are blooming and producing, our first vegetables of the fall will be ready soon! 

Week 1

We are well into developing our Fall garden. So far we have planted zucchini, carrots, lettuce, sugar peas, radishes, and cilantro. Your children have learned how to put on gloves, how to prepare the soil for planting, the use of a hoe, shovel and rake, the planting of seeds and watering. As our crops grow they will learn about harvesting, weeding and pruning. Our garden is already producing Zucchini and our next crops will begin to be ready in mid-October. Here are some pictures of this weeks work (I didn't have my camera on one of the days so there are many children not pictured). The Infant and Toddler Community will begin their garden next week. Please keep checking in each  week to see our hard work and watch our garden grow.