Thursday, November 18, 2010
Double Oops!
Oh my! I did forget at least one person. Wendy Puddy, though she couldn't be with us for garden club due to work, has been invaluable to the club. Not only has she come out to help on weekends, but she arranged for two UVA landscape architecture students to help out with our plan, written to local businesses for donations and donated a lot of equipment. I've really appreciated all the help. Sadly, the Puddy's will be moving in December. They've very nicely left lots of garden stuff for us to use, though, including a great indoor grow light for starting seeds, a bunch of peat pots and a lot of soaker hose. Thank you all so much, and have a great time in your new home!
Oops!
Wow! So sorry. I didn't forget about this blog, but I certainly have been kept busy doing paperwork at school. Now that we're done the first quarter and a lot of that is out of the way, I'll try to be a bit more regular.
We had a very successful, but very large group in garden club this fall. We fluctuated between about 35 and 40 kids every week for seven weeks. It was a bit like herding cats, but we did manage to get a few things done. We've started digging a huge flower bed, gotten a cover crop planted in the vegetable patch and planted the first tree in what I hope will be a small apple orchard. The tree was provided by Mrs. Josie Cohen and family and is a dwarf Granny Smith. My buddy Esteban and I planted it during one of our recesses.
I couldn't have done it without a lot of help. Deborah Riddick, Theresa Gimbert, Angelo Vangelopolous, Sean O'Rourke (I'm glad he came despite the Yankee fanboy thing), Josie Cohen, Lori Stoddard, Amy Eastlack and Ken Ferguson all came out to help. Please forgive me and let me know if I've left anyone out, it was quite a crowd.
I would like to continue with garden club after Thanksgiving on Tuesday afternoons. Hopefully, and I know this sounds terrible, we'll have a smaller group (10 - 20 kids). A smaller group is easier for me to keep track of and I think will probably be more productive. Of course, I'll take whoever would like to come out and help. There won't be any bus to the Boys and Girls club, so kids will need to be picked up at 3:30 at school. If you'd like to come out and help, or if your kid would like to come help, let me know and I'll send home some information next week before break. It may be fall/winter but there's still plenty for us to do.
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| Esteban |
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| Our first tree! |
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| Semi-Dwarf Granny Smith |
I couldn't have done it without a lot of help. Deborah Riddick, Theresa Gimbert, Angelo Vangelopolous, Sean O'Rourke (I'm glad he came despite the Yankee fanboy thing), Josie Cohen, Lori Stoddard, Amy Eastlack and Ken Ferguson all came out to help. Please forgive me and let me know if I've left anyone out, it was quite a crowd.
I would like to continue with garden club after Thanksgiving on Tuesday afternoons. Hopefully, and I know this sounds terrible, we'll have a smaller group (10 - 20 kids). A smaller group is easier for me to keep track of and I think will probably be more productive. Of course, I'll take whoever would like to come out and help. There won't be any bus to the Boys and Girls club, so kids will need to be picked up at 3:30 at school. If you'd like to come out and help, or if your kid would like to come help, let me know and I'll send home some information next week before break. It may be fall/winter but there's still plenty for us to do.
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