Planting cool crop seedlings! by Suzanne

This is me. I’m holding the plants (Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts, and Lettuce) to plant out in the garden (above). We grew them in our classroom under lights first and grew them our selves from seeds. There’s cauliflower and various other plants that we were transporting outside to plant in our garden. As you can see in the picture to the right the plants are looking healthy and strong!

In this picture (right and below) Toby and Chris are planting plants Brussle Sproout seedlings that we started inside Since they are cool weather crops they should be successful during April. They dig a hole then put the plant in the ground so it can grow. They are obviously working hard. They have a watering can to make the dirt wet so the plant develops deep roots.

An Apple Tree Arrives At Village! by Toby

The Village School Farm has been given Apple Trees! Not just any apple tree but a Dwarf Red Delicious and  Dwarf mixed variety tree! We were lucky enough to receive the donation from a parent who wanted to see our farm to fork program grow! We will now be able to include apples as one of our products to bring back into the classroom as we teach about the benefits of eating fresh fruits and vegetables in our daily lives!

Here is a picture of our new tree (above)!

In this picture (below) Eugene, Chris, And Ruben are digging a hole. This hole is for the apple tree that Kim’s mom has bought for the school. The hole had to be as deep as the pot the tree came in.

Below is a picture of the planted tree!

A week of sowing peas and harvesting leaves-by Isabelle

This week, it was time to take our pea plants outside and bring in some Spinach leaves to make a healthy lunch. Enjoy the reflection on the week by Isabelle:

Look at these baby pea plants we just planted (left)! Were hoping they grow big and strong so we can have some yummy sugar snap peas to eat. Toby instructed us how to carefully place the plants in the ground and bury them so that they will grow to be big and strong!

My very first trellis was a success (right)! The idea of a trellis is to have a guide for the pea plants to grow, so we train the plant to grow up the string so it can get lots of warm sunlight! Unfortunately our babies are too small to train right now but we will continue to watch them eagerly! P.S. Look at how big and juicy that cabbage plant looks!





We also planted broccoli (below)! As you can see Toby was a little enthusiastic about his planting duties and got caught on the plastic fencing that surrounds our garden. We successfully planted 4 broccoli plants even with the difficulties Toby ran into that day! I can’t wait to taste the fresh broccoli when it’s ready!

Look at this amazing salad our class made (below)! We have such an abundance of greens in our garden that we have been making scrumptious salads for the past two weeks! Although veggies aren’t exactly the first thing on every kids favorite food list, everyone loved the salad! We plan on making pizza soon, so sit tight and wait for the updates on the garden and our cooking next week!-Isabelle