This month, we are harvesting kale, lettuce, swiss chard, spinach, green onions, basil, eggplant, flowers and radishes! Students are learning about the difference between monocots and eudicots and experiencing how summer vegetables (fruit/seed) are different from winter vegetables (leaves/roots).
This month, we are planting radishes, peas, and onions as we save the seeds from summer crops like okra, for next year’s planting. Students are also practicing wise water use and learning about weeding and mulching and have “graduated” all the largest composting worms from their vermihut “school” to the garden beds, where they will stay warmer during the cold months.
We have a very special new addition to our fruit tree collection, a dwarf kumquat, which was generously donated by Fatima Bravo & family! THANK YOU for such a special gift to the Sunrise Garden!
Finally, a huge hug of gratitude goes to our Principal, Andrea Davidson, for her help procuring a beautiful shade structure that is now installed in the front area of the garden. Students can now shelter from the hot sun in the late spring and early fall when we hold Garden Club on triple-digit days!
We love to see parent & grandparent volunteers join us for Garden Club on Tuesdays from 11-1. Thank you to Samira, Rose, & Elik for sharing your time with us this year! If you’d like to volunteer (no gardening experience necessary - we can always use help organizing supplies, keeping small hands safe with tools, and handing out stickers!), email or text Nkechi, our FFO Garden Coordinator: nkechidiallo@gmail.com (509)879-7639
