Most of the other vegetables are not acting the same way though. Last week there were many radishes and my group thinned them out so that the strongest could grow bigger. Today it did not seem like they had grown any larger and perhaps some died.
We had two classes come out at the same time today. That made things a little hectic. Not only because there were two groups at once but also because neither had been at the garden before. When this happened normally I like to go over parts of the plants and talk about what parts we eat on different vegetables, but these second graders were way to active to sit and have a conversation, they wanted to get into the garden and do some work.
I had my group help weed around the edges of the beds which most of the kids got really into. They kept asking if there were more beds that they could weed. When all of their little hands were full I brought them over to the compost and explained that whole system to them. Some of the students said that they had composts at their house that they used at their own gardens.
Derek had a great idea and let the kids water the beds as well. It was clear to anyone looking at the vegetables that they needed water so the kids got to talk about what water does for plants and see a slight improvement after just a bit of time in the garden.
Obviously we needed to water the gardens more than what the kids did so we spend the rest of our scheduled time in the garden watering. Derek, Andrea and I each took a turn watering each of the beds and getting these plants really soaked so that this hot day wouldn't dry them up.
Dani Cleary
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