Field Trip to the L.O.C.A.L. Garden

Today we went to the LOCAL garden for a wonderful field trip.  The weather was perfect! We were very fortunate to have been able to team up with five terrific high school students from Morse High School and their chaperone, Mrs. Trundy, who is one of the guidance counselors at Morse.

This is the sign welcoming us to the garden.  

Thank you to Mrs. Trundy and her wonderful Morse High School volunteers

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Our first event was a tour of the garden, where we saw chives in bloom, strawberries in bloom, and garlic.  

These are some of the chives in bloom.

Here are the strawberries in bloom.  Look closely - you can find a bee!

This is the view of the garlic toward the greenhouse. 

Next, everyone was given two marigold seedlings to plant.  We used trowels to help us dig the holes.  We planted the marigold seedlings in raised beds.  We learned that insects don't like marigolds and so people plant marigolds in gardens to keep the insects away. 

These are the marigold seedlings.  Everyone planted two seedlings in two separate raised flower beds!

This is what marigolds look like when they are blossoming. 

First graders did a wonderful job listening to directions!

The high school students were such a big help!

Next, we had a chance to plant snap peas. The high school volunteers also helped with this. 

Everyone planted three seeds in each of two different vegetable beds.

This is what snap peas look like when they are ready to be picked. 

There were lots and lots of worms in the garden!  We know that worms eat dirt!

Some first graders wanted to wear gloves in the garden.  The Morse High School students helped us every step of the way.

We ate watermelon after we came back to Dike Newell. 

Look at how much we love watermelon!  Only the watermelon rinds are left!

Thank you again to the wonderful Morse students who volunteered to help us plant in the garden.  We could not have learned how to plant seeds and seedlings, all about plant life cycles, and what kind of herbs bloom in the spring without your help.