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.

Esteban

Our first tree!

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.

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.