Cale School Garden

Flowers, fruit and vegetables grown by the students at Paul H. Cale Elementary School.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Another glorious day in the garden

Waiting to be planted
Phil and Deirdre Armstrong from Harvest Thyme Herbs came back to join us in working on our flower bed today.   They brought some absolutely lovely stuff to plant - irises, a peony, ornamental oregano (it's edible, just doesn't taste like much and has nice flowers) and cone flower.  We've only got about half of the bed prepped, but that half is looking great right now.

We'll be heading over to Phil and Deirdre's farm for garden club on May 24th.  I've sent information and a permission slip last week, so if you haven't gotten one home yet, let me know and I can send another.

In the vegetable be, everything looks fantastic.  Next week we'll have a few more things to stick in, but it's almost done for now.

Aoife and Emma hanging out.
If you're at school, it's well worth the walk the building to check it all out.  Or. . .  come on out on Saturday, May 28th from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm for our Spring Garden Party.  More details will be coming shortly.

The weather today was great.  The clouds kept things from getting too hot and the rain will be welcome when it comes.  Days like today don't get much better.  We planted.  We laughed.  We ran around.  We got a bit wet (that hose seems to have a mind of its own).  Thanks, everyone!

Leah



Nice lilies!
Shane
Kayla was actually very sensible with the hose.
I was impressed with her restraint.


For some reason, this picture of Darius reminds of that old
superhero show, "The Mantis."  Not sure why. . .

Apparently, watering is so fun, once you get the hose,
you don't want to share.   Hmmmmmm
This is how people get soaked.


Michael starting another hole.
Stay away with that hose!
I wonder what's for snack?

Monday, April 18, 2011

Cale School Garden News

A few items of interest:

1)  We’re going to have our Spring Garden Party on May 28th.  We’ll get going around 1:00 and end around 4:00.  Bring a dish to share and see what we’ve been up to in the garden.  More information will be forthcoming.

2)  Phil and Deirdre Armstrong from Harvest Thyme Herbs in Staunton will be joining us again on April 26th for Garden Club.

3)  Speaking of Deirdre and Phil, they’ve invited the Garden Club to come over to their farm to check out what they do.  We’ll leave right after school on Tuesday, May 24th and be back at school around 5:30.  We’ll be traveling by school bus.  Although I can certainly send the kids to After School, we will be back pretty close to when they close up shop for the afternoon.  I'm sending a permission slip home with the kids tomorrow.