During 7th period on Wednesday Mr. Brooks and I combined our classes for a propagation party. We are preparing to put in our fall/winter garden.
Students whole heartedly supported the idea of a salsa garden so we are starting tomatoes, cilantro, three variety of peppers, and onions from seeds. Later, we will transfer them to larger pots and keep them in the greenhouse. We also started broccoli, leeks, and Brussels sprouts from seeds. We'll also be planting an assortment of other herbs and veggies including lettuce, carrots, radishes, spinach, beets, and parsley in our raised beds.
On Monday morning two students visited me before school. Anxiously they showed me an injured Ruby-throated hummingbird.
Emily was in Wimberley visiting her granparents this weekend. She was watching several hummers at a feeder when one crashed into a window. When it didn't fly off, Emily picked it up and brought it back
home with her. She provided it a sugar water mix and kept it in a cardboard box, and emailed a hummingbird rehabber. Based on info we found on the Internet, she started mixing crushed up ants in the sugar nectar. The site also showed how to hold the bird while offering it food.
Emily was in Wimberley visiting her granparents this weekend. She was watching several hummers at a feeder when one crashed into a window. When it didn't fly off, Emily picked it up and brought it back
home with her. She provided it a sugar water mix and kept it in a cardboard box, and emailed a hummingbird rehabber. Based on info we found on the Internet, she started mixing crushed up ants in the sugar nectar. The site also showed how to hold the bird while offering it food.
Today was day four, and Emily and "Petunia" are hanging in there.
Petunia checking out a fresh sprig of Esperanza.
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