Daily Archives: August 8, 2013

Last day of Wednesday Mighty Mites for the summer. We did some face painting to celebrate the last day.  Our puppet show reviewed some of the different things we learned over the summer. We harvested quite a bit from our … Continue reading →

Beautiful morning for taking care of the garden, although it was quite muddy with all the rain we had recently.  We weeded and harvested many things from the garden including: cucumbers, broccoli, zucchini, turnips, carrots, beans, kale, beets, cilantro, peppers, … Continue reading →

We only have one more class left and we are done for the summer.  Our gardens are really starting to produce.  We were lucky enough to have a group of volunteers weed each of our gardens.  They pulled 13 buckets … Continue reading →

We had our Monday Mighty Mites last class for the summer. Of course,  just as our gardens are really getting going with the cold spring start they had.  Luckily, participants can (and should!) visit their garden plot anytime the Arboretum … Continue reading →

Lots of work in the garden this week with the cooler weather.   Weeding, of course, being the primary task, along with tying tomatoes and harvesting. For snack, we made two different dishes.  A garden veggie frittata and a creamy … Continue reading →

Lifecycles/Decomposers By Eric Reinert Puppet Show: Worms help plants grow Kids were showed many different kinds of decomposers and learned how they are a vital part to all life. Outside: Weeding- Kim had weeded all of the gardens before class … Continue reading →

All About Bugs By Eric Reinert Puppet Show- Insects in the Garden Some insects are good, while others are bad Aphids: Eat plant parts (bad) Ladybugs: eat aphids (good) –Kids were asked what color ladybugs were (they were correct) Butterflies: … Continue reading →