Plant Sale went well considering it was the fall and the weather did not cooperate as our first big cold front of the season came through. On the second day temperatures were in the 40s and 50s with rain drizzling and strong gusts. With the support of our community we were able to clear close to $500! We has quite a few kids volunteer and help with the plant sale. The Green Growing class diligently made a database full of native plants growing information. We used the database to make plant growing information posters. The posters were laminated to protect from water and to allow them to be used again next year. The posters made selling plants amazingly easy.Along with our Green Growing class, we also had many other students volunteer to spend time before, during, and after school helping with the plant sale. They struggled through being short staffed at times, delaying their lunches until very late in the day, and of course were outside the whole time waiting on customers. There is no way this could have happened without them. I'm sorry but no photos were taken to show you their hard work. Mr. Rosenberg would like to say he didn't take him camera out during the rain, but he also forgot to take photos on the first day. D'Oh! If you want to see what a plant sale looks like, you can look at previous posts. Just imagine less than ideal weather and no Mr. Matthews.
We have also been able to complete a new garden since our last post. If you have ever been to Small or even a school, you know that portables are a part of life. They come and go, usually taking up space or leaving a blank spot in their wake. One benefit of these blank spots is that they block out sunlight, which prevents plant growth. Basically if creates an idea place to start a garden. When our first wave of portables, or portable classrooms, were removed we used the space to create a wildflower and cactus garden.
When they finally took Mr. Matthews'(s) portable and Mr. Johnson's, we were again left with a blank soon to be mud pit. Well as they always say, when life gives you a gigantic ugly mud pit, cover it in cardboard, put some good soil on top and create some gardens. Or something like that. Mr. Brooks finished his garden first, in time for Green Fest.
I finished my classes garden just before Thanksgiving break.
I think they both turned out great!
The last bit of this post is to request some help or advice on ponds. Through the generous help of parents and students in previous years we were able to get a beautiful pond working.
Even though the pond basically works it does have some problems that have developed over the years. We have issues with it overflowing and draining too quickly. Each problem leads to the other one. The problems have basically been diagnosed, but we need some help getting it done. If you know of any who can help please contact me. We are also trying to start a new pond as well.
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