CJA's garden soil is Unique

We have all kinds of soil at CJA. We have unfinished composed, which is soil that is not soil yet but is going to be one day.  

We also have soil that's in our chicken coop which is good for our compost. 

 Also, we have compost that's done decomposing and we use that for planting in our garden.  These are tools that give us our garden soil and also to help us plant in the spring and fall.

Transplanting Eggplant, by Casimir, grade 6

This is an eggplant, which is the plant I transplanted in the CJA garden.  We did this so people can eat healthier today, but you can only get our eggplants at CJA's great farmers' market on certain days.

We first got water and tools so we could plant.  Then we dug holes with trowels.  After that we pulled out the soil and seedling from the pot and finally we planted it.

A good recipe for eggplant is a salad.  First, cut up eggplant, lettuce, greens, and tomatoes, and make a great salad.

Transplanting Tomatoes, by Jaquel, grade 6

This is a tomato plant.  Today we transplanted the plants that Mr. Dwyer assigned us.  We did that so that the plants can be ready for summer.  You can use tomatoes in salads, hamburgers, and tomato soup.  One tasty recipe is spaghetti and meat balls:

1. Get a pot of boiling water

2. Put your noodles in there

3. Let it sit for five minutes

4. Drain it

5. Add the spaghetti sauce

6. Get some ground beef and fry it in a pan

7. Mix it all together and add spices

8. Enjoy

Transplanting cucumber

This is a cucumber plant.  Today in ATF we took the cucumber plants and put them into the garden boxes.  We did it because it was time for the cucumbers to join the garden.  The roots were getting too big for the pot and it's getting warmer outside.  Cucumbers like warm weather.  You get food from the fruit and the seeds.
--Cecil, grade 6

Here are some crops growing in our garden

Mint

Peas

Pineapple

Photos by Alzario, grade 7

Strawberry update

"This is a very young strawberry.  This strawberry is white, young, and it is very sweet.  This strawberry has changed since last Thursday because it has gotten bigger and the strawberry almost looks eatable in a way.  I think when the strawberry is ready it will be very tasty indeed.  MMMM..."

--Cecil, grade 6 

Lettuce Update

This is lettuce.  Lettuce goes well on multiple things.  Lettuce is very tasty.  It can be best used for a salad.  Lettuce can come in all colors, like purple or dark green.  Lettuce grows in a bunch which is easy to wash and eat.  In the last week the lettuce has changed a lot by its growth.  Last week it was a little short but now it's growing a little at a time.  I am lettuce crazy: I just love lettuce, it's the best.  I think It's going to be our top seller.