Garden update

"Spinach, mustard, onions, lettuce, and chard: all of these things are what was already planted in the garden.  As we continue to plant more, we learn a bit more about them.  One item I would like to talk about at the moment is strawberries.  First off, the plants are small and they are growing well.  The strawberries were born about a week ago.  The strawberries look like plants that are green."
--Laron

"Our chickens grew a whole lot.  But one of them died, which is sad because a cat killed it.  They are almost ready to start laying eggs.  But we are doing our best to keep our chickens and garden safe."
--Alzario

"We planted strawberries, but I cannot describe that because I was cleaning the chicken coop.  It had lots of feces.  While cleaning we had to get inside and get the poop out of the back.  First, we opened the chicken coop.  Second, we closed the flap so the chickens couldn't come in.  Third, we swept out the entire coop.  Fourth, we re-swept it to make it cleaner.  We closed the door and opened the flap and kept the locks secured.  We put the poop that we swept out into the compost bin."
--Artis

The garden begins to grow

Planting has begun and some sprouts are beginning to show!

"I feel that this is a good thing so that we can make our community stronger and healthier.  It's a way to help our society become better."
--Laron

Ruby red swiss chard

Radish

Mustard greens

"Some plants, like mint, were already in the garden from last year."

"Parsley and cilantro were also in the garden last year."



Spring Garden Cleanup Day with the CJA Junior Board

CJA's junior board teamed up with the Agricuture Task Force and other students to prepare the garden for spring planting.

"I had to pick out green weeds from the ground.  While in the midst of doing so, I found lots of amazing creatures that I usually don't recognize"
--Laron

"We hadd a fun day on Saturday.  I know I did the best job I could to get our garden, compost, and chickens ready for the spring."

--Alzario

"One good thing we did was get our garden beds ready.  We took dirt from the finished compost bins and filled new garden boxes all the way to the top.  We also added compost to some of the boxes that were used last year."

--Alzario

"Lastly, all the groups had pizza!"

-Derrick