Mr. Rohrback's Class Builds a Critter Cage

We have sprouts!!

Planting the Fall Gardens

Today was planting day, at last! Last fall our seeds baked in dry heat for a month, so this year I decided to wait a little longer before planting. Everything we are growing is tolerant to the cold; in fact, some of these plants thrive only in cold weather. Here is what we are growing:

• Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce
• Red Sails Lettuce
• Mache (lamb's lettuce)
• Red Russian Kale
  
• Dwarf Blue Kale
  
• India Mustard
  
• Southern Giant Mustard
  
• Avon Hybrid Spinach
• Bright Lights Swiss Chard
• Ruby Perfection Red Cabbage (plant)
• Golden Cross Cabbage (plant)
• Snow Crown Cauliflower (plant)
• Jade Cross Brussels Sprouts (plant)

Welcome to a New School Year

Below are the gardens as we found them when we returned to school. Thanks to Mr. Blankenship who spread mulch around them this summer.


















When we removed the black plastic we found lots of white wire grass. As we have observed already, it wasn't dead; it's rapidly turning green again. Our inference about that is that it must be VERY hard to kill wire grass!

Closing Down the Garden

The Final Harvests

GARLIC!!

Lots of Onions


Giant Easter Egg Radishes

Beautiful Harvest