HERE ARE THE LINKS THAT WE FOUND
How to grow spaghetti squash
Corn Planting Tips
How to Grow Canteloupe and Melons
Sweet Corn Tips
Thursday, January 5, 2012
What to Grow in 2012 UPDATE!
Our UWT friends extended a favor and want to help us start our garden early this year by growing starts for us. Today we look at the list below and did some research for what would yield the most food for donation to people in need.
Here's the list:
Here's the list:
UWT GREENHOUSE STARTS Garden Seed List 2011
Veggies, MmmmmMmmm!
Beans
Blue Lake Pole (not planted this year)
Greencrop, bush snap (not planted this year)
Fava, Long Pod (broad bean) (not planted this year)
Broccoli
Raab, green
Cabbage
Golden Acre
Carrot
Yaya F-1, orange, sweet, long-medium size
Parisian Market, orange, round, small
Danvers Half Long, orange, long, large
Chard
Swiss, Rainbow Blend (purple, green)
Collards
Georgia (green)
Corn
Sweet, yellow
Early and Often, hybrid, super enhanced
Bodacious, hybrid
Sweet, white “Silver Queen”
Cucumber
Spacemaster, green (compact bush)burpless, sweet, thin skin
Tendergreen
Boston Pickling
Bush Champion, Pepino, slicer
Lemon, yellow, round
Herbs
Thyme, English (not planted this year)
Sage (not planted this year)
Chives
Cress (not planted this year)
Dill (not planted this year)
Mint
Basil, super sweet chen
Rosemary
Lettuce
Little Caesear, leaf
Romaine, Parris Island
Salad bowl, head, loose leaf
Onion
Evergreen Long White Bunching, Cebolla, scallions
Peas
Snow, Mammoth Melting Sugar (flat)
Oregon Sugar, bumper crop, bush, flat
Super Sanppy, edible pod
Peppers
Bendigo F-1 (green)
Spinach
Olympia Hybrid, smooth leaf, long standing
Squash
Natura F-1 (long narrow, dark green)
Early white Bush Scallop (“Patty Pan”
Tomato
Stupice (medium)
Burpee’s Big Boy Hybrid, slicer, red, large
Super Sweet 100, hybrid, red, vine, cherry
Fruits, Sweeeeeet!
Watermelon
Carolina Cross #183, oblong, large (not planted this year)
Melon
Cantalope, Hearts of Gold, (not planted this year)
Flowers, Awwwwww! So Pretty!
Sunflower
Mammoth (1 foot diameter)
Annuals
Marigold, Lemon Gem (yellow) (not planted this year)
Lavender, Bergamont (purple) (not planted this year)
Lavender, English, purple, long stem (not planted this year)
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Visual Survey of School Grounds #2
Today we took a walk around the school in the rain. It was pretty misarable outside but we made some observations anyways.
- Put up flyers to rent beds
- We could plant winter beds/find out what grows in winter/
- Plant more shrubs infront of school
- Fix or install sprinkler system/NLF is willing to help tap into our system
- Apply bright colors to help the garden look less dull and get more notice
- Paint the beds with bright colors
- Plant more veggies
- Clean litter with teams and teach others not to litter/lunch detention cleaning litter
- Add outside recycle containers/maybe city of Tacoma could donate
- Clean the school to make it more attractive on the outside
- Put up signs in neighborhood encouraging community help in the garden
- Advertise beds to community going door to door
- Plant flowers infront of school
- Set up a litter patrol
- Get the Farmer's Market started at our school
- Could city of Tacoma provide or donate pooper-scooper station
- Make improvements on Rain Garden
- Build Worm Bins
- Turn the current handi-cap accessible garden into a herb growing center by adding on hanging boxes
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Visual Survey
Today we took a visual survey of the community garden and the outside of the school.
We had a few observations:
1. There are no recycling containers outside. We need to bring in recycling.
2. There was a lot of recycling in the garbage cans. We need to have SOME recycling containers and educate people on how to sort their trash.
3. There is little community involvement. We need to advertise the community garden in local stores and talk to the surrounding community about what we are doing.
4. There were no signs designating which beds were being used. We need signage.
We had a few observations:
1. There are no recycling containers outside. We need to bring in recycling.
2. There was a lot of recycling in the garbage cans. We need to have SOME recycling containers and educate people on how to sort their trash.
3. There is little community involvement. We need to advertise the community garden in local stores and talk to the surrounding community about what we are doing.
4. There were no signs designating which beds were being used. We need signage.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Welcome Back
Patrick turned the compost.
Aurora helped weed some problem beds.
Frankie and Spencer picked up some litter around school.
Spencer levelled some of our rain garden posts.
On a positive note, Mr. Iverson talked to Miss Sharon across the street and she informed him that there are many people nearby that are interested in working a bed this year. She also commented that if we accomplish one of our goals to eventually have a Farmer's Market after school in the spring/summer it would really invigorate the neighborhood. She was excited to hear about the possibility.
Aurora helped weed some problem beds.
Frankie and Spencer picked up some litter around school.
Spencer levelled some of our rain garden posts.
On a positive note, Mr. Iverson talked to Miss Sharon across the street and she informed him that there are many people nearby that are interested in working a bed this year. She also commented that if we accomplish one of our goals to eventually have a Farmer's Market after school in the spring/summer it would really invigorate the neighborhood. She was excited to hear about the possibility.
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