Feb 2011 Louisiana School Gardening News
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Fourteen LSU AgCenter agents attended a workshop to learn how to establish and teach about butterfly gardens. Through an Innovation Grant, the agents will establish butterfly gardens in their parishes and teach children about the butterfly life cycle and plants that attract butterflies. The document lists the agents and parishes that will receive new butterfly gardens.
This document provides instructions for saving seeds from home gardens. It discusses seed viability and storage, lists typical germination times for common vegetables, and provides crop-specific guidance on selecting plants for seed saving and preventing cross-pollination. Instructions are given for saving seeds from a variety of vegetables, including beans, peas, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, corn, cucumbers, and squash. Gardeners are advised to separate different varieties by distances ranging from a few feet to over 500 feet to maintain seed purity and prevent unwanted crossings between related crops.
Straw Bale Gardens ~ Penn State, Montgomery CountyS7W1X
This document provides information about straw bale gardening from the Penn State Montgomery County Cooperative Extension. It describes how they created straw bale gardens at their Learning Gardens site using bales of straw. It explains the benefits of straw bale gardening and how to properly condition and plant bales. Photos show examples of vegetable, flower, and Three Sisters gardens grown in straw bales. The document encourages using straw bale gardening as an educational and low-cost gardening method.
May 2012 Louisiana School Gardening News
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
This document provides a summary of the author's garden plan for their community garden plot, including the crops and varieties they have selected to grow. They will divide the 20' x 40' plot into standardized blocks and plant a variety of vegetables, including tomatoes, lettuce, peas, cucumbers, peppers, and carrots. The author explains their criteria for selecting cultivars, including taste, productivity, role in the garden ecology, and ability to attract pollinators. They provide details on the specific varieties chosen for the summer harvest and their goals for the garden in the coming year.
A Fall-Focused School Garden Guide ~ MA Ag in Classroom
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
The document discusses the main parts of a plant and their functions. It identifies roots as absorbing water and nutrients from the soil, stems as transporting water and nutrients up and down the plant and providing structure, and leaves as using sunlight, water and air to produce food through photosynthesis. Flowers attract insects to aid reproduction, and fruits protect and contain seeds from which new plants can grow.
Winter Gardening involves getting kids interested in gardening through hands-on activities like planting seeds. It discusses using different shaped containers for planting and allowing kids to collect insects and worms. The document also provides tips for winter gardening, including using mulch to control weeds and stabilize soil, paying attention to watering on hot days, and growing potatoes and sweet potatoes by replanting when they shoot.
Fourteen LSU AgCenter agents attended a workshop to learn how to establish and teach about butterfly gardens. Through an Innovation Grant, the agents will establish butterfly gardens in their parishes and teach children about the butterfly life cycle and plants that attract butterflies. The document lists the agents and parishes that will receive new butterfly gardens.
This document provides instructions for saving seeds from home gardens. It discusses seed viability and storage, lists typical germination times for common vegetables, and provides crop-specific guidance on selecting plants for seed saving and preventing cross-pollination. Instructions are given for saving seeds from a variety of vegetables, including beans, peas, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, corn, cucumbers, and squash. Gardeners are advised to separate different varieties by distances ranging from a few feet to over 500 feet to maintain seed purity and prevent unwanted crossings between related crops.
Straw Bale Gardens ~ Penn State, Montgomery CountyS7W1X
This document provides information about straw bale gardening from the Penn State Montgomery County Cooperative Extension. It describes how they created straw bale gardens at their Learning Gardens site using bales of straw. It explains the benefits of straw bale gardening and how to properly condition and plant bales. Photos show examples of vegetable, flower, and Three Sisters gardens grown in straw bales. The document encourages using straw bale gardening as an educational and low-cost gardening method.
May 2012 Louisiana School Gardening News
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
This document provides a summary of the author's garden plan for their community garden plot, including the crops and varieties they have selected to grow. They will divide the 20' x 40' plot into standardized blocks and plant a variety of vegetables, including tomatoes, lettuce, peas, cucumbers, peppers, and carrots. The author explains their criteria for selecting cultivars, including taste, productivity, role in the garden ecology, and ability to attract pollinators. They provide details on the specific varieties chosen for the summer harvest and their goals for the garden in the coming year.
A Fall-Focused School Garden Guide ~ MA Ag in Classroom
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
The document discusses the main parts of a plant and their functions. It identifies roots as absorbing water and nutrients from the soil, stems as transporting water and nutrients up and down the plant and providing structure, and leaves as using sunlight, water and air to produce food through photosynthesis. Flowers attract insects to aid reproduction, and fruits protect and contain seeds from which new plants can grow.
Winter Gardening involves getting kids interested in gardening through hands-on activities like planting seeds. It discusses using different shaped containers for planting and allowing kids to collect insects and worms. The document also provides tips for winter gardening, including using mulch to control weeds and stabilize soil, paying attention to watering on hot days, and growing potatoes and sweet potatoes by replanting when they shoot.
Integrated Science Fertilization & Fruit FormationeLearningJa
The document discusses the process of fruit formation after fertilization occurs in flowers. It begins by explaining that once pollination happens in flowers, fertilization must also occur for the development of seeds and fruits. Fertilization involves the fusion of male gametes from pollen with female gametes in the ovule, resulting in the formation of a seed containing an embryo. The ovary of the flower then begins to enlarge and develop into a fruit, protecting and housing the seed. As this process occurs, other floral parts like petals and sepals typically shrivel and fall off. Different fruits have various structures and seed arrangements adapted for seed dispersal. The key events that mark the transition from flower to fruit are fertilization
This newsletter provides information to help educators and students use school gardens. It includes sections on planting schedules and tips, a grant to fund school gardens, lesson ideas connecting classrooms to gardens, and ideas for low-cost seed starting containers. The newsletter aims to share knowledge among Louisiana school gardeners.
This document provides an outline and overview of a biology lecture on fruits given by Halala Rahman Qadir. The objectives are to define fruit, understand its structure, advantages, and types. Fruits are defined botanically as the seed-bearing part of a flowering plant derived from ovaries. There are two main types - culinary vegetables and botanical fruits. Fruits are nutritious and important for plant reproduction, carrying seeds. The development of fruit involves pollination, fertilization, and growth. Examples of fruit types discussed are berries, drupes, legumes, and achenes. Homework questions and references are also included.
This document discusses the parts of plants and their functions. It explains that roots absorb water and nutrients, stems transport water and provide structure, leaves produce food through photosynthesis and transpire water, and flowers aid reproduction through developing fruits and seeds. The document emphasizes that plants are an important source of food for humans, providing edible roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. It also describes the process of seed germination through a suggested activity.
This document provides a guide to identifying noxious and troublesome weeds in North Dakota. It was created with collaboration between NDSU Extension Service, ND Department of Agriculture, and US Forest Service. The guide contains information on 31 different weed species, including descriptions, impacts, and control methods. Each species entry includes an image and brief details on identification, origin, habitat, and effects on agriculture or livestock. The purpose is to help land managers properly identify state-listed noxious weeds that must be controlled in North Dakota.
This set of slides describes the different types of fruits that can be grown organically in the Konkan Region (India's western coast) and was prepared for Goa.
The document discusses companion planting strategies for a home garden. It describes grouping vegetables that work well together based on their effects on one another, such as providing shade or deterring pests. Specifically, it details the author's plans to plant cucumbers, sunflowers, lettuce, radishes, carrots, tomatoes, beans, potatoes, okra, and herbs together based on their beneficial relationships. The author aims to use companion planting to increase yields while reducing work.
Fruit set, growth & developmental stages of various fruitsMANDEEP KAUR
Fruit set occurs after pollen fertilizes eggs in ovaries. Fertilized eggs form seeds which stimulate fruit growth. The final fruit form depends on contributing floral organs and their development. Many factors influence fruit set including temperature, moisture, chemicals, nutrients, tree factors, and pollination mechanisms. Proper management of these factors can help maximize fruit set and yields.
Planning Year-Round Garden Activities - Ideas and ResourcesKlausGroenholm
This document provides ideas and resources for planning year-round garden activities with community groups. It includes top tips for gardening with groups, as well as activity suggestions for each season. Activities range from seed sowing and propagation in winter, to harvesting, crafts and parties in summer. Resources are also listed for general gardening knowledge, food growing, wildlife gardening, and working with young people. The document aims to help projects fill the year with gardening-related activities for community groups.
Colorado School Gardening Guide Chapter 3: Activities and Lesson Plans - Indoor Projects, Lesson Plans and Activities
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Plants are essential sources of food for animals and people. They produce their own food through photosynthesis, and their parts like leaves, roots, seeds, and stems are used as vegetables in the human diet. Plants also produce oxygen, recycle nutrients in the environment, and have many other uses like providing wood, fibers, oils, ornaments, and medicine. Without plants, major problems would occur as they are key to sustaining life on Earth.
Grow your own Teeny Tiny Farm by Amber O'NeillArt4Agriculture
The Cream of the Crop Competition invites students in NSW secondary and tertiary education institutions to create a PowerPoint or a video which can be published on the web and win $500.
The competition ask the students to promote the importance of agriculture to their peers, to encourage a better understanding of agriculture as well as promote agricultural careers and rural life.
Plants are vital for life on Earth. They convert sunlight into food through photosynthesis, produce oxygen, regulate climate, provide habitats for other organisms, and give us food, materials and medicines. Plants live in almost every habitat and maintain the balance of gases in the atmosphere. They come in a huge variety and have complex structures adapted for reproduction, growth and survival.
Plants require certain elements to survive including water, air, sun, soil and nutrients that the roots absorb from the soil. The stem transports these nutrients and water throughout the plant. Leaves catch sunlight which is used for photosynthesis while flowers produce seeds and fruits protect seeds and help with dispersal. To care for plants, water them once or twice a day to keep hydrated, grow in open spaces, avoid damaging leaves and flowers, and remove competing weeds.
Parts of plants (roots, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, seed) slidesharelilycastle
Plants have several key parts that work together to help them grow and survive. The roots hold the plant in the ground and take in water and nutrients from the soil. The stem carries water and nutrients between the roots and leaves. The leaves take in sunlight to produce food for the plant through photosynthesis and produce seeds or fruit that contain seeds to make new plants.
Feb 2012 Louisiana School Gardening News
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Grade 1 School Garden Lesson Plan - Sunflower Power ~ Massachusetts
|=> This is a multi-part activity in which students will grow a sunflower, measure and record its growth and ability to track the sun, harvest its seeds, eat and save them for next year’s first grade class
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Breed Your Own Peppers ~ Yolo County Master Gardeners, CaliforniaSeeds
This document summarizes a seed saving workshop presented by the UC Davis Student Farm. The workshop covered breeding peppers by demonstrating pepper crossing and teaching techniques for saving pepper seeds. Attendees learned that peppers can cross between varieties if not properly isolated. The workshop instructed on emasculating flowers, applying pollen from the male parent, and techniques for collecting and storing seeds to maximize germination rates. The document encourages gardeners to experiment with breeding and saving pepper seeds.
Collecting and Storing Seeds from Your Garden ~ hatch
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Collecting and Storing Seeds from Your Garden ~ hatchSeeds
This document provides instructions for collecting and storing seeds from home gardens. It explains that saving seeds from hybrid plants may produce inferior results, so one should only save from known non-hybrid varieties. Steps are outlined for collecting seeds from common vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, and beans, as well as flowers. The document also provides storage guidelines, with some seeds lasting only 1-2 years while others can be stored for 4-5 years. Proper drying and storage in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer helps maximize seed viability.
Feb 2013 Louisiana School Gardening News
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Integrated Science Fertilization & Fruit FormationeLearningJa
The document discusses the process of fruit formation after fertilization occurs in flowers. It begins by explaining that once pollination happens in flowers, fertilization must also occur for the development of seeds and fruits. Fertilization involves the fusion of male gametes from pollen with female gametes in the ovule, resulting in the formation of a seed containing an embryo. The ovary of the flower then begins to enlarge and develop into a fruit, protecting and housing the seed. As this process occurs, other floral parts like petals and sepals typically shrivel and fall off. Different fruits have various structures and seed arrangements adapted for seed dispersal. The key events that mark the transition from flower to fruit are fertilization
This newsletter provides information to help educators and students use school gardens. It includes sections on planting schedules and tips, a grant to fund school gardens, lesson ideas connecting classrooms to gardens, and ideas for low-cost seed starting containers. The newsletter aims to share knowledge among Louisiana school gardeners.
This document provides an outline and overview of a biology lecture on fruits given by Halala Rahman Qadir. The objectives are to define fruit, understand its structure, advantages, and types. Fruits are defined botanically as the seed-bearing part of a flowering plant derived from ovaries. There are two main types - culinary vegetables and botanical fruits. Fruits are nutritious and important for plant reproduction, carrying seeds. The development of fruit involves pollination, fertilization, and growth. Examples of fruit types discussed are berries, drupes, legumes, and achenes. Homework questions and references are also included.
This document discusses the parts of plants and their functions. It explains that roots absorb water and nutrients, stems transport water and provide structure, leaves produce food through photosynthesis and transpire water, and flowers aid reproduction through developing fruits and seeds. The document emphasizes that plants are an important source of food for humans, providing edible roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. It also describes the process of seed germination through a suggested activity.
This document provides a guide to identifying noxious and troublesome weeds in North Dakota. It was created with collaboration between NDSU Extension Service, ND Department of Agriculture, and US Forest Service. The guide contains information on 31 different weed species, including descriptions, impacts, and control methods. Each species entry includes an image and brief details on identification, origin, habitat, and effects on agriculture or livestock. The purpose is to help land managers properly identify state-listed noxious weeds that must be controlled in North Dakota.
This set of slides describes the different types of fruits that can be grown organically in the Konkan Region (India's western coast) and was prepared for Goa.
The document discusses companion planting strategies for a home garden. It describes grouping vegetables that work well together based on their effects on one another, such as providing shade or deterring pests. Specifically, it details the author's plans to plant cucumbers, sunflowers, lettuce, radishes, carrots, tomatoes, beans, potatoes, okra, and herbs together based on their beneficial relationships. The author aims to use companion planting to increase yields while reducing work.
Fruit set, growth & developmental stages of various fruitsMANDEEP KAUR
Fruit set occurs after pollen fertilizes eggs in ovaries. Fertilized eggs form seeds which stimulate fruit growth. The final fruit form depends on contributing floral organs and their development. Many factors influence fruit set including temperature, moisture, chemicals, nutrients, tree factors, and pollination mechanisms. Proper management of these factors can help maximize fruit set and yields.
Planning Year-Round Garden Activities - Ideas and ResourcesKlausGroenholm
This document provides ideas and resources for planning year-round garden activities with community groups. It includes top tips for gardening with groups, as well as activity suggestions for each season. Activities range from seed sowing and propagation in winter, to harvesting, crafts and parties in summer. Resources are also listed for general gardening knowledge, food growing, wildlife gardening, and working with young people. The document aims to help projects fill the year with gardening-related activities for community groups.
Colorado School Gardening Guide Chapter 3: Activities and Lesson Plans - Indoor Projects, Lesson Plans and Activities
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Plants are essential sources of food for animals and people. They produce their own food through photosynthesis, and their parts like leaves, roots, seeds, and stems are used as vegetables in the human diet. Plants also produce oxygen, recycle nutrients in the environment, and have many other uses like providing wood, fibers, oils, ornaments, and medicine. Without plants, major problems would occur as they are key to sustaining life on Earth.
Grow your own Teeny Tiny Farm by Amber O'NeillArt4Agriculture
The Cream of the Crop Competition invites students in NSW secondary and tertiary education institutions to create a PowerPoint or a video which can be published on the web and win $500.
The competition ask the students to promote the importance of agriculture to their peers, to encourage a better understanding of agriculture as well as promote agricultural careers and rural life.
Plants are vital for life on Earth. They convert sunlight into food through photosynthesis, produce oxygen, regulate climate, provide habitats for other organisms, and give us food, materials and medicines. Plants live in almost every habitat and maintain the balance of gases in the atmosphere. They come in a huge variety and have complex structures adapted for reproduction, growth and survival.
Plants require certain elements to survive including water, air, sun, soil and nutrients that the roots absorb from the soil. The stem transports these nutrients and water throughout the plant. Leaves catch sunlight which is used for photosynthesis while flowers produce seeds and fruits protect seeds and help with dispersal. To care for plants, water them once or twice a day to keep hydrated, grow in open spaces, avoid damaging leaves and flowers, and remove competing weeds.
Parts of plants (roots, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, seed) slidesharelilycastle
Plants have several key parts that work together to help them grow and survive. The roots hold the plant in the ground and take in water and nutrients from the soil. The stem carries water and nutrients between the roots and leaves. The leaves take in sunlight to produce food for the plant through photosynthesis and produce seeds or fruit that contain seeds to make new plants.
Feb 2012 Louisiana School Gardening News
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Grade 1 School Garden Lesson Plan - Sunflower Power ~ Massachusetts
|=> This is a multi-part activity in which students will grow a sunflower, measure and record its growth and ability to track the sun, harvest its seeds, eat and save them for next year’s first grade class
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Breed Your Own Peppers ~ Yolo County Master Gardeners, CaliforniaSeeds
This document summarizes a seed saving workshop presented by the UC Davis Student Farm. The workshop covered breeding peppers by demonstrating pepper crossing and teaching techniques for saving pepper seeds. Attendees learned that peppers can cross between varieties if not properly isolated. The workshop instructed on emasculating flowers, applying pollen from the male parent, and techniques for collecting and storing seeds to maximize germination rates. The document encourages gardeners to experiment with breeding and saving pepper seeds.
Collecting and Storing Seeds from Your Garden ~ hatch
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Collecting and Storing Seeds from Your Garden ~ hatchSeeds
This document provides instructions for collecting and storing seeds from home gardens. It explains that saving seeds from hybrid plants may produce inferior results, so one should only save from known non-hybrid varieties. Steps are outlined for collecting seeds from common vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, and beans, as well as flowers. The document also provides storage guidelines, with some seeds lasting only 1-2 years while others can be stored for 4-5 years. Proper drying and storage in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer helps maximize seed viability.
Feb 2013 Louisiana School Gardening News
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
This document provides information about the False African Violet plant. It discusses that the plant is a member of the true African violet family native to East Africa. It has small, soft, oval-shaped leaves and delicate blue-violet and white flowers on long, thin stems. The plant prefers temperatures around 70F during the day and 55-60F at night, and light shade. It can attract pests like mites and diseases but the author has grown it with little difficulty by keeping it healthy.
Aug 2011 Louisiana School Gardening News
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
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Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
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Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
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Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
May 2011 Louisiana School Gardening News
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
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Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
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Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
This document provides tips for starting a family garden in the spring. It discusses how gardening can be a fun way for families to get exercise and for children to learn about nutrition. Gardening increases children's fruit and vegetable intake, nutrition knowledge, and preference for vegetables. The benefits of gardening also include promoting healthy lifestyle choices. The document provides specific tips for involving children, such as letting them get their hands dirty, planting quick-growing crops, and giving children ownership of their own garden area. It notes that gardening is possible even without a yard by using pots or windowsills. Resources for starting a garden are also listed.
Vetable Seed Saving ~ University of CaliforniaSeeds
This document provides instructions for saving seeds from home gardens. It discusses which vegetable seeds are easiest to save, including beans, peas, lettuce, peppers and tomatoes as they are self-pollinating. For other vegetables, the necessary separation distances between varieties are listed to prevent cross-pollination. Detailed instructions are provided for harvesting and storing seeds from a wide range of vegetables. The document also includes a table listing typical germination times and seed viability periods for common vegetable crops.
Vegetable Seed Saving ~ Stanislaus County, CaliforniaSeeds
This document provides instructions for saving seeds from home vegetable gardens. It discusses which vegetable varieties can be saved based on whether they are hybrids or open-pollinated. For crops that cross-pollinate, like squash and corn, the document recommends separation distances between varieties to maintain seed purity. Instructions are provided for harvesting, drying, storing and testing seeds from a variety of vegetables, including beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers and lettuce. Tips are included on packaging and labeling saved seeds properly to maximize viability.
Vegetable Seed Saving ~ Stanislaus County, California
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
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This document provides information on seed and plant types, including open pollinated seeds, heritage/heirloom seeds, and hybrid seeds. It then discusses how to save seeds, including details on annual, biennial, and perennial plant types. Specific instructions are given for easily saving seeds from self-pollinating annuals like lettuce, tomatoes, beans, and peppers. Tables also summarize information on saving seeds from other plant species. General tips on harvesting, drying, and storing seeds are also included.
Seed Saving ~ terraperma
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
This document provides information on seed saving and types of seeds. It discusses open pollinated seeds, heritage/heirloom seeds, and hybrid seeds. Open pollinated seeds can be saved and will produce similar plants, while hybrid seed crops will not grow true from saved seed. The document then gives details on saving seeds from several easy self-pollinating annual crops like lettuce, tomatoes, beans, and peppers. It explains how to identify when the seeds are ready and basic processing and storage methods. Tables are also included that summarize information on saving seed from various other plant species.
Seed Saving in the Classroom ~ seedsavers.orgSeeds
This document provides a lesson plan for teaching students about seed saving. The lesson involves:
- Discussing the origins and history of seed saving
- Having students extract and dry seeds from vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, beans, watermelons, and squash
- Designing seed packets to label and store their harvested seeds
- Discussing proper seed storage conditions
- An optional activity about the importance of biodiversity in agriculture using a "corn tag" game
The goal is for students to understand plant lifecycles and seed dormancy, and to appreciate the cultural and agricultural significance of saving seeds.
Seed Saving in the Classroom Fall Lesson Plan: Seed Savers ExchangeSeeds
This document provides a lesson plan for teaching students about seed saving. The lesson involves:
- Discussing the origins and history of seed saving.
- Having students extract seeds from vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, beans, watermelons, and squash.
- Designing seed packets and properly storing the seeds they collect.
- An optional activity discusses the importance of biodiversity in agriculture using a "corn tag" game.
Seed Saving in the Classroom Fall Lesson Plan: Seed Savers Exchange
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
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Feb 2011 Louisiana School Gardening News
1. Veggie Bytes 2011
A Patriotic Potato Patch
On January 14th, 90 second graders of Valverda Elementary, located near Livonia,
La., planted a Patriotic Potato Patch in their school garden. LSU AgCenter Horticulture
agents Miles Brashier, Steve Borel and Mark Carriere assisted the young gardeners. The
varieties planted included:
Mountain Rose, a red skin potato with a pink to red center
Purple Viking, a purple/ blue skin potato with a white interior
Kennebec, a white skin, white flesh potato
Purple Majesty, a purple skin and purple flesh potato
Sixty 5th grade students planted Red La Soda, a red skin potato with white flesh in
the garden. The following week, sixty 4th graders planted red and white onions. The on-ion
varieties they chose to plant were White Bermuda, Southern Red, Texas Granex,
1015, Contessa, Candy and Red Candy Apple.
Valverda Elementary has a garden area that is approximately 7000 sq ft. The stu-dent’s
plant in long garden beds that are 4 ft wide by 60 ft long. Prior to planting, the
agents tilled the soil and fertilized the beds with 13-13-13. Students planted the potato
pieces skin side down on 9 inch centers.
Not only were the students planting their Patriotic Garden, they were also harvesting
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and cabbage. Throughout the school year, a total of 450 students and 22 teachers
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False River Academy. The idea for the Patriotic Potato Patch stemmed from the Victory
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students where food comes from, that vegetables come in all sizes and colors, and that a
little hard work pays off. continued on Page 5
February—April
Volume 2, Issue 1
A Patriotic Potato
Patch
1
What’s Growing 2
A Closer Look 3
Classroom to the
Garden
4
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
E-mail: kkfontenot@agcenter.lsu.edu
We’re on the Web www.lsuagcenter.com
Growing Gardens!
Kathryn “KiKi” Fontenot
155 Julian C. Miller Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
2. What’s Growing!
Gardening tips
Start gearing up for your spring
vegetable garden now so that you can
harvest produce before school lets out
for the summer. Typically in Louisiana,
spring vegetable crops are not planted
outdoors before the last frost date.
South Louisiana gardeners can plant
around March 15th, North Louisiana
gardeners should wait until April 1st.
However, if you want to harvest a few
ripe tomatoes, peppers, etc before
school lets out you’ll need to start
transplants indoors. To grow trans-plants,
plant seeds into containers in a
sterile soil “germinating mix” indoors
(in a sunny window). Do not move
these transplants or seedlings into the
garden until they have developed their
first true leaves and after the last
chance of frost. See the planting guide
for vegetables that can be planted now.
Vegetables to plant in February
In the garden direct seed: beets, turnips, mustard, parsley, rad-ishes,
lettuce, snap beans and Irish potatoes.
In the garden plant transplants of: broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage,
and lettuce.
In the classroom: start transplants of tomatoes, peppers, and egg-plant.
Vegetables to Plant in March
In the garden direct seed: snap beans, Swiss chard, radish, lettuce,
collard greens, mustards, and turnips.
In the garden plant transplants of: tomatoes, peppers and egg-plants.
In the classroom: start cucumber transplants, plant after last frost.
Vegetables to plant in April
In the garden direct seed: snap beans, butter beans, radish, col-lards,
and cucumbers.
In the garden transplant: sweet potato slips, tomatoes, peppers,
and eggplant.
If you have a year-round school program or summer classes that will
care for and work in the garden you can also plant the following
vegetables. Sweet corn can be directly seeded into the garden in
LATE February. Plant cantaloupes, squash, cucumbers, and water-melons
well after danger of frost is over this is usually after March
15th in south Louisiana and closer to April 1 in North Louisiana.
Okra, Southern peas (field peas), peanuts, pumpkins, winter squash,
summer squash, and sweet corn can be direct seeded into the garden
in April. These vegetables are not generally recommended for
school gardens that will not be tended by students during the
summer. Students should be allowed to harvest everything they
plant.
How does your garden grow? Do you
have a school garden project? It could
be featured in an issue of Veggie Bytes.
Scholarship Information for Graduating Seniors!
Have you enjoyed gardening at your school? Are you interested in pursuing a degree in plant sciences? Are
you a high school senior? If so, check out the National School Plant Management Association’s scholarship at
www.nspma.org. This group is giving $500-$1500.00 to students who would like to earn an associates or
bachelor degree from an accredited university. Fill out the scholarship package at the www.nspma.org website.
Place your cursor over “Scholarships and Trust” and click on the second highlighted item “Scholarship 2011
Application Forms.” The due date is March 1, 2011. It must be received by the NSPMA by this date by postal
mail. The deadline is soon! Good luck to all college-bound high school seniors.
PAGE 2 VEGGIE BYTES
3. A Closer Look
Many school gardeners planted strawberries in
their gardens in September and October. Your ber-ries
should have increased in size and have grown
multiple crowns since they’ve been planted. Hope-fully
you have harvested a couple of berries by now.
As the temperature rises, you will be harvesting
more and more. Aside from watering, fertilizing and
covering your strawberry plants from freezing tem-peratures,
have you really looked at your plants?
Find a few hand lenses or microscopes and start
observing. Under the hand lens or microscope, ob-serve
a leaf. Do you notice anything that you had
not seen before? You should see tiny hairs on both
sides of the leaf. Plants have hair but we don’t call it
hair. The scientific term for plant hair is
“pubescence”. Pubescence has a function. Some sci-entists
think that plants have evolved pubescence as
a result of living in stressful environments. There
are many possible functions of pubescence. Pubes-cence
is thought to slow down air movement around
stomata (small holes in a leaf’s surface that allow
transpiration to occur). On windy days, the pubes-cence
protects the stomata from the direct wind and
thus slows down transpiration. If too much transpi-ration
occurs a plant will wilt. Pubescence may also
act as a blanket as help protect the plant from freez-ing
temperatures. Because pubescent plants have a
fuzzy feel, many herbivores don’t like the way they
taste. Individual pubescence on the leaf surface
shades the leave. This is important in extremely hot
and sunny environments like deserts. Can you imag-ine
why your strawberry plants have pubescence?
Now look closely at the underside of the leaf.
Focus on the midrib or vein. Did you see anything
moving? Look closely! If you have been covering
your strawberries for freeze protection, you might
have encouraged mites to come to your plants. Some
mites are beneficial and some are pests. Look care-fully
at the mites. If they have two dark spots on
their body, spray horticulture oil or use a liquid dish
detergent mixed with water to suds up your plants.
Both soapy water and horticulture oil will smoother
the mites. Mites will slow down strawberry growth
so watch carefully for them.
Do you have any berries on your plants? Look
closely at the berries. See the seeds? Strawberries
are unique because unlike other fruits and vegetables,
strawberries contain their seeds on the outside of their
flesh. Did you know each berry has approximately 200
seeds? Go ahead count them!
Here is a neat strawberry fact. The little brown seed
-like structures that get stuck in our teeth when you eat
strawberries really aren’t seeds at all. I know I just re-ferred
to them as seeds but they are really achenes or
nuts! Yes Nuts! Inside each nut is a tiny seed. The red
flesh that we think of as the fruit is different than most
fruits too. It is accessory tissue. Most fruit that we eat is
ovarian tissue. Technically a strawberry really isn’t a
fruit even though we say it is!
Wait! You are not finished observing yet. Look
closely at the flower while you have your hand lenses
and microscopes out. .Do you notice anything? A
strawberry plant has a perfect flower. Perfect meaning
that the flower has both male (stamen [anther and fila-ment])
and female (stigma, style, and ovary) parts. This
one flower can successfully pollinate itself. Look at the
diagram of the flower below.
Does the drawing match the flower on your strawberry plant?
Can you locate the male and female parts of the flower on your
strawberry plants?
Try this easy strawberry shortcake recipe with your
students!
Prep Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients:
1 pre-baked loaf of pound cake or 1 angel food cake
3 cups strawberries, hulled and sliced
1 cup heavy cream
3 Tbsp. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Or ready-made whip cream
Preparation:
Use a potato masher to mash half of the strawberries in a
bowl. Stir in the sliced strawberries and chill. Beat the cream
with powdered sugar and vanilla until it from soft peaks.
Slice the pound cake. Place one slice of cake on a plate and
cover with the strawberry mixture and a dollop of cream.
Serve immediately.
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4. Connecting the Classroom to the Garden
Lafayette Master Gardeners, Norman and Glenda Ballivierro shared some neat school garden activities
at the 2011 Louisiana State Horticulture Society (LSHS) meeting. These activities are wonderful ways to con-nect
the garden to the classroom! The first activity can be used in an art or science class! As Lafayette Master
Gardeners, their design is named and fashioned for ULL. Decorate your “baby” using your school colors. The
second activity is perfect for geography or history classes.
Seed propagation is
often taught in the
classroom. Typical ac-tivities
include planting
seeds figuring germina-tion
percentages, meas-uring
growth, but why
not make it into an art
activity. Follow the in-structions
below to cre-ate
your own Cajun
Baby.
Materials Needed:
• Knee high stockings (one per child)
• Rye grass seed
• Potting soil (preferably without fertilizer)
• Movable plastic eyes (hobby store)
• Plastic water bottle
• Water soluble glue
Directions:
Place ¼ cup of rye grass seed into the knee
high stocking. Add potting soil. Tie a knot in the
stocking and shape the soil and seed into a ball.
This will serve as the Cajun baby’s head. Glue
eyes onto the head. Soak the entire head in water
overnight. Cut the top of the water bottle off and
invert it into the bottle. Fill with water about 2/3
the way full. Place the long end of the knee high
stocking into the bottle balancing the head in the
inverted lid. Place the Cajun Baby in a bright win-dowsill
and maintain water in the bottle. Watch as
your Cajun Baby grows hair. Students can deco-rate
the bottles or bodies of their Cajun Babies any
way they like. Make this a math lesson by count-ing
the days to seed emergence and measuring hair
growth!
Birdhouse Geography!
How is your school’s
garden oriented? Do you
know which direction north,
south, east and west face? Do
you know which states sur-round
Louisiana? Find a map
and check it out. You’ll no-tice
Texas is to our West,
Mississippi to the East and
Arkansas to the North. To the
south is the Gulf of Mexico.
Construct a bird house with 3
separate rooms. Use a license
plate from Texas as the roof
for one of the side rooms and
a licenses plate from Missis-sippi
as a roof on the other
Where did everyone go?
Arkansas, Texas, swimming
in the Gulf??????
side room. The middle house
(the tallest house) should have an Arkansas licenses
plate as the roof. Place a Louisiana license plate on the
center of the birdhouse. Use a compass to locate North,
South, East and West in your garden. Orient the bird-house
so that it acts as a geographical reference to the
states surrounding Louisiana!
Great Books for the Younger Gardening Literature
Class
It is hard for an entire school to participate in growing a
garden. But it isn’t hard for all students in the school to
enjoy the garden space. The school garden is a wonder-ful
location to read a book on warm sunny days. Here
are some suggestions for the younger readers!
• Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
(Pre-K to 2nd grade)
• The Vegetables We Eat by Gail Gibbons
(Pre-K to 3rd grade)
• One Bean by Anne Rockwell
(Pre-K to 2nd grade)
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5. A Patriotic Potato Patch. Continued from Page 1.
A Patriotic Potato Patch
The two varieties of potatoes most commonly grown
in Louisiana are Red LaSoda and Kennebec. You can
easily find these red and white potatoes at your local
hardware store or nursery. Purple potatoes will need to be
ordered online. Potatoes are cut in quarters or halves with
at least one eye on each piece. Plant pieces about 4 inches
deep into the soil. As the plants start growing, throw dirt
up around the base of the plant. This is especially impor-tant
as the potatoes start forming. You do not want the
potatoes exposed to sunlight. Potatoes will be ready to
harvest when half of the vegetative matter turns yellow or
brown. This generally occurs 90-110 days after planting.
If you think heavy rains will occur right before harvest…
harvest the potatoes early! They are very susceptible to
rot. Small potatoes are better than no potatoes!
Speaking of Patriotic Gardens if you are in 4H and
plan to attend 4H summer camp, check out the new Vic-tory
Garden Track. You’ll learn all about gardening by
participating in fun pollination relay races, making ter-rariums,
eating like an insect, and composting with live
worms! Carly Gillett is the summer track leader. She is a
Horticulture master’s degree student at LSU and is very
fun to hang out with. Join her this summer at 4H camp in
the Victory Garden track! It’s a yummy idea.
Potatoes are cut in quarters or halves with
at least one eye on each piece. Plant about
4 inches deep into the soil.
Helping hands!
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