My Final Day!

Hi everyone! It's rachel. As Mary stated, today is my last day working in the garden and on campus. I just wanted to thank Mr. Crossin, Mr. Bracker, Ms. Powell, and the donors for this wonderful opportunity. I was so grateful to be able to work outside during the summer to beautify our campus. Thank you also to my amazing partner, Mary, for helping me out so much and keeping me company during the long hours. Mary, you're the best! We worked so hard and accomplished a great deal and I hope our fellow classmates take notice. So as of 3 o'clock this afternoon, I have fulfilled my 120 hours for this internship. Thanks again for trusting me to help brighten the campus! 

Today is Rachel's last day working in the garden, I still have 14 hours left and will miss her lots! 

We worked in the garden creating a new bed along the science wing wall and the garden. We moved logs to act as our natural barrier for the beds. We also planted flowers in the bed along the ALC that we created yesterday. Along with the normal routine to make campus pretty for the start of school :)  

Day 31!

Today Rachel and I had lots of work to do.

With the help of Danny Blinderman we, mulched the front of goodwin, dug new beds and filled them with leaf mulch. We also created a new bed on the back side of goodwin by laying down 3-5 inches of leaf mulch and fertilizer down.

Tomorrow and later today we need to:

Put equipment away in the shed

Make a bed along the science wing and next to the garden

Put manure between the doors of the ALC

Put more leaf mulch on top of the manure ^^

Deadhead the roses

Harvest carrots

Find the buckets that have gone missing

and maintain our normal routine

Day 30!

Wednesday,

Rachel dug a ditch on the front side of Goodwin to prepare for mulching. We picked the tomatoes and brought them to John in the kitchen and spent lots of time watering and tending to the gardens. Not to forget deadheading.

Day 29!

Tuesday,

Today we walked around campus weeding the beds around the carriage barn and the center island at schoool. We also spend a lot of time weeding between the beds and taking care of every single blade of grass growing. Soon we plan to cover the beds with more multch.

Day 28!

Sorry I havent been posting recently but the internet is down at my house.

So Monday I worked in the garden picking the tomatoes and putting them into a box to give to the kitchen staff. I also watered the garden and put a new layer of soil on top of the root vegetables. Rachel and I worked together watering the perenials and deadheading flowers around campus.

Day 27!

Tomatoes

Sunflower!!

Today me and Rachel both worked in the garden. When I arrived she had begun to water the plants. Also on campus were the landscapers who were multching and weeding areas around campus so we were limited in what we could do. So we ended up deadheading around campus watering and pruning the front entrance.

Day 26!

The new bed!

A pretty gourd.

Half dead but pretty!

Today I did routine work around the garden by watering and weeding. I walked around campus and weeded the driveway area.

In the garden I covered the exposed root vegetables with more soil and fertilizer to makes sure they can grow to the fullest.

When I picked the tomatoes off of the vine to set them aside I realized how many tomatoes we have. I have never seen that many cherry tomatoes in my life!!!!!!

Day 25

Flowers

Green Tomatoes

Tomattoes!

Sorry guys! Forgot to mention that I was going on vacation for a week!

But now I'm back and came back to find the garden almost the same. The winter squash that was wilting was gone! The bed was new and had healthy lettuce and beans growing.

I watered and weeded and had a friend stop by (a pleasant surprise) who helped weed the areas between the beds.

It was nice to see the garden growing well.

Day 24!

Today I worked in the garden picking the fresh tomattoes off the vine and placing them in a obvious spot so teachers and faculty could collect some fresh produce :).

I also spent a good amount of time weeding in the garden.

I made a decision that because the fence surronding the winter squash was falling over I would take it out of the garden and try to help the plants grow.

Day 23

Sunflowers are growing tall!

The wilted winter squash :(

Pumpkins are growing!!!!

Today (thursday) i spent the day waist deep fighting the weeds along the driveway. I also made the decision to take the wire fence out of the winter squash because the fence was no longer supporting the plants and rather being pulled down on top of them due to the wait of the wilting plants. After getting all the squash free I learned that I was alergic to the plant and broke out in little hives all over.

Day 22!

Today I spent the day weeding and deadheading my way through campus. I did not get to the driveway thats what I will tackle tomorrow. The Winter Squash wilting more and more everyday, I'm not sure what to do besides put more fertalizer on the plants and giving them water. Hopefully they will improve.

TOMORROW PICTURES WILL COME

Day 21!

Yesterday I took a break so I have to add one hour to my work today, Wednesday and Thursday.
Today I worked in the garden picking the ripe tomatoes and a few green beans. I also spent a good portion of my time just watering the garden because over the weekend and Monday the garden seemed to dry out somewhat. I also spent time fertilizing the beds and putting fresh soil in the beet and onion beds because the vegetables were visible.

Day 20!

I didn't garden on Friday because it was raining, so I made up for the time today (Sunday).
I just did some general pick up on campus by weeding around campus because i noticed areas in the mulch were growing little maple trees and grass. After that I watered the flowers and did a thorough deadheading of all the flowers on campus.