final journal

Harvest

We harvest our garden in November 21, that day we harvest red romaine, and arugula. Second time we harvest in November 24, we harvest all off our plants.

We harvest it by hold the root and pulled out out then shake all the dirt away.

Our red romaine lettuce is grow up well, it grow tall get more red, and cabbage almost turn to ball cabbage.

Cauliflower it not growing, it get small and die.

We able to eat broccoli, collard greens, cabbage lettuce, and arugula.

We cannot eat cauliflower, turnip, and rutabaga. We cannot eat cauliflower because it not grow well it die. Turnip and rutabaga we cannot eat because it not grow like potato.

We cook broccoli, collard greens, cabbage, lettuce, and arugula.

We cook with sesame oil, steam fry, used with salt and with rice other sauce with tunnel potato, tomatoes.

Journal Six

1.       How cold does it have to be to cover the plants?

We should cover our plant in fall about below 20 degrees.

When temperature dips lower to 32 degrees, we should covered cabbage plants.

 

2.       When do we cover the plants (the exact date) and for how long (all day or night)?

In November  12, 13, and 14
November 12, 28 degrees, November 26, 26 degrees, and November 14, is 28 degrees

3.       Should we water them with warm water?

 I think we should water our plant with warm. The water is not to hot or to cold .

4.       How do we uncover and cover the plants over the weekend? Could we ask another club? Who?

We might ask other teacher to covered,  if they was nice.

 

5.       How cold will it get in the next two weeks?

This the cold day in next two weeks.

Saturday, Nov 1. Higher 51° Lowes 33°.Chance of rain: 80% Wind at 19 mph 

Sunday, Nov 2.  High 54° Lowes 30°. Chance of rain: 0% Wind: NNW at 14 mph 

 

6.       Should we use fertilizer and if so, what kind?

.All-Purpose Fertilizer - Organic

http://www.gardeners.com/buy/vegetable-gardening/vegetable-fertilizers/

Miracle-Gro 1.5 lb. All-Purpose Plant Food

http://www.homedepot.com/b/Outdoors-Garden-Center-Plant-Care-Plant-Food-Fertilizer-Plant-Flower-Fertilizer/N-5yc1vZc8rz

 

7.       When do we harvest broccoli, collards, cauliflower, cabbage, rutabaga, spinach, arugula, kale & mustard? How many days before we harvest? How long have the plants been in the ground?

The broccoli we can harvest when it have central heads.

http://howtosaveseeds.com/seedsavingdetails.php

Make sure you cut & paste the source or web address you got your information from.

 

Source:

1.       http://pender.ces.ncsu.edu/2014/01/protecting-garden-and-landscape-plants-during-cold-weather/

http://bonniecabbageprogram.com/students/growing-a-healthy-cabbage/

 

5. http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/27401

Journal Five

Journal Five

 

Our garden is beautiful like a land

Green grass flower smell fresh.  

The place garden is like in paradise.

The red romaine lettuce is happy

Like a baby smile.

The cabbage feels sad like a flower

We did not water.

Our plant grows tall like a tree.

Our plant collaborates to grow all together.

The sun rise to the garden,

And the garden rise up and sing a song.

Turnip and rutabaga almost the same

Make me almost can not distinguish it.

Arugula spicy like hot pepper,

 And bitter like pill medicine. 

Rutabaga big just is ball

Journal 7 Second measure

Journal 7

In October 31 we go outside to check our garden plant how it  grow, and we measure one of our plants. I measure one of our plant is not growing  well, it get short and that plants  is Cauliflower it was 4 inch first time I measure in September 22, and  I measure in second time  in October 31 I measure it was 2.8 inches it not growing well.

 Arugula in second bed I measure it is  ½ inches in September 22 and in October 31 it was 3 inches it this is grow very good. Second bed Red Romaine lettuce first time I measure is5 inches in September 22, and 9 inches in October 31. Third bed Spinach ½ inches in September 22, and in October is October 31 is 4.25 inches.

And that date  I measure another plants call Cabbage is 5 inches in October 31.Our plant I think it need to have some fertilizer cause some of them is not growing will. But other plant is very good like Red Romaine, it like we can harvest it already.

I plants cabbage is almost turn to cabbage, is about to circle it the cabbage. The red Romaine grow very good like we can harvest it and cook it now.

Journal Four

Journal Four

What are some similarities differences between our garden community and the Seedfolks garden community?

                              Our garden is similar to the Seedfolks garden because we asked community members and the city to help, and they ask the community members and city to help. Garden brings people together Kim first star the garden then a lot people together work in Garden we Mrs. Beymer class and Ms. Wright's class come together at first to work the garden. Other people helped when needed, student and character Wendell, Ana, and Sam.Wendell helped Kim water the plant and other student help innocent water the plant.

                                    Our garden is difference from the Seedfolks garden because we already had water from hose, but the bill cost to much, they needed help come up ideas how to get water, they use rain from spout to cans with funnel. They did not talk it out how to build garden they get idea themselves, and choose they own plant that they want to plant. We are different we need to  get idea how to plant, we come up idea what to plant and what season to plant how many inches or feet part the plant.

                              An example of how the two gardens are similar is some people plant for other people. We plant for our class to make a project.

                              A example of community in the gardens are different is Virgil's father planted in wrong season, we plant in right season because we search what season to plant.

                              An example of community in our garden is we get together do all the jobs together share idea, talk it out what to do. We help each what to plant, how to plant the garden with different plant, how many space apart the plant was.

                              An example of community in the Seedfolks garden is Seedfolks they plant in one place called vacant lot they all get community in that place help each other

 

 

 

 

Journal Three

Journal Three/ Research

How much should we water the plants?

Broccoli we need to water it 1 to 2 inches each week during growing season. In water technique if you area have ½ inches of rain you need water it because it much additional 1- ½ inches water.

http://www.ehow.com/info_8159784_much-should-water-broccoli-plants.html

What should we do if it gets too cold?

When the weather is cold covering the plants with a sheet or a blanket. Another way place plastic over sheet or blanket.

http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/environmental/protect-plants-in-freeze.htm

What should we do if bug eat our plants?

First find out eat insect eat your plants then try to find the treatment.

For day time insect, beetles, aphids, leafhoppers, and other nastiest, use a product that is effective on your vegetable plants, such as Ortho Bug B Gon Insect Killer for Lawns & Gardens Concentrate. Ortho Flower, Fruit & Vegetable Insect Killer Ready-To-Use kills Caterpillars, Japanese Beetles, Aphids, Thrips, Whiteflies and other garden pests.

For midnight snack, especially some garden pests. Some of them aren't even bugs. Snails and slugs are mollusks. Other night owls in your garden include cutworms. You can control them with products designed for mollusks and bugs, such as Ortho Bug Geta plus Snail, Slug & Insect Killer.

http://www.scotts.com/smg/goART2/solution/bugs-on-vegetables/300028

Another Website help stop bug

The most common insects include aphids, spider mites, mealy bugs, scales, worms and caterpillars. You can help control insects by spraying or dusting your plants with natural products, but it's virtually impossible to completely eliminate all insects

http://www.gardenguides.com/77680-bugs-stop-eating-outdoor-plants.html#ixzz3FUOVbvSQ

 

 

First Journal how to build a garden

How to Build a Garden

This article will explain how we built a community garden at school. The purpose of our garden is to work as a community with other students. We work together in one group and to plant the garden to do our senior project.

First, we together in Mrs. Beymer class talk about what to plant in our garden, and we research it in the paper that Mrs. Rodriguez and Mrs. Beymer give to us in class. Our plants are Collard greens, rutabaga, arugula, turnip, romaine lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, mustard, and kale.

We measure the bed size

 

Second, we draw out the garden bed size, and talk out together and figure out how long is our bed size; the bed size is 7 ft. long and 3 ft. wide, 5 ft. apart. And we go out side to measure our garden bed.

Then, we go outside again next with Mrs. Wright’s class and Football player from weight training class to dig our garden. It took two days to finish our garden dig.

Food Ball and some our class dig



Mrs. Rodriguez drill the wood

Next, when we finish the dig, Mrs. Rodriguez does the drill the wood boards, and some student help out to hold the wood. We got five wooden beds. When we finish with five garden beds, we go to put the dirt in the garden bed. We got dirt from the truck and in the bag. Each garden bed we mix nine dirt bag and some dirt from the truck.

 After that, we plants our first plant is call broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and romaine lettuce.

Finally, we plants our last vegetable, is called collard greens, rutabaga, spinach, arugula, turnip, mustard, and kale. And water our  plants. I was really likes happy to work with other student that most I don’t know. And work with teacher are good and fun.