Harvesting the Spring Garden

Gardening is just too hard work for some people....

Checking on the Growing Plants

Weeding the Spring Gardens

Today we weeded the square foot gardens, where our lettuce is growing well from spring rain.

Jacob is a master weeder:

Demarea planted radishes today in his garden square.

Deer Damage (again...)

Our square-foot gardens are sprouting tiny lettuce leaves, but apparently, deer think a little dirt is worth the taste. Last night at least one animal stood on our spring onions and pulled up the lettuce seedlings. The critter cages were in storage, but obviously we waited at least one night too long in getting them back out...

The Greenhouse is a Reality!

On April 5, Puckett's Greenhouses delivered the parts for our new hoop-style greenhouse. Ms. Fajardo and her green math students worked all day, along with two employees from Puckett's, Mr. Bradshaw, our assistant principal, and Mr. Anderson, a parent volunteer. Despite the cold and wind, the day was a success due to the perseverance of those involved.

Hoop-style Greenhouse on its Way!

As a part of the Green Schools Challenge, Ms. Fajardo and Mr. Rohrback's second period Green Math class has spent this year planning and preparing for the expansion of the Glenvar Gardens into a new greenhouse. Thanks in part to Brenda Landes, an architect with CR Architecture and Design, and the rest of the committee members of the Southwest VA chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, students selected a hoop-style greenhouse as the best fit for our needs. With its sustainable passive design, we will rely on the sun's radiation to heat the greenhouse on cold days, and the prevailing wind direction to cool it on hot days. Construction is set for Tuesday, April 5th.

We're Expanding!

In anticipation of the coming hoop house to expand our program for more students and to extend the growing season, the 8th grade Green Math class built 8 additional raised beds.

These beds sit ready and waiting for installation in our new greenhouse!