The masterminds

Aprende Grows is a garden club at Aprende MIddle School.

These masterminds are ensuring the experience of creating a garden in this hard as a rock yet full of possibilities location comes to fruition.

 

 

Here's to adults working for kids.

Framing

Expanding the garden requires the making of new bed frames.  And the same goes for Aprende Middle School's garden.

 

 

Let's just say we built many frames that day.

Pretty on the inside

The shed got a few finishing touches on the inside.

 

A little cutting.

 

A little measuring.

 

And now the shed looks pretty on the inside.

Sowing seeds

Sowing seeds with love and care .

 

Growing

Building, adding, cleaning, checking, watering, and dreaming.

That is what we do on work days at the garden.

 

 

Aprende Grows

 

 

Aprende Middle School is well on its way to getting the much anticipated garden "Aprende Grows".  Saturday's work day was a go despite the pouring rain. Alex, Alan, and Eduarda made the supply purchasing come together.  Doug handled sharp tools with the students. At the end of a few hours we had several irrigation systems ready.   And what an experience it was.  For those who don't know, assembling irrigation systems is way up there on the challenging scale.  In a circle, adults and students commiserated about hurt fingers and best tricks to get parts to fit together.

 

Tedx - Building a slow food nation

Winter greens

Getting ready for Spring

All kinds of awesome things are happening at FIGG.  We are growing from scratch, if I may use that term.  Yes, we are planting from seed.  After much planning and scheduling, we gather at our haven and get to work.  Check out the new green houses we are using this year.  Which reminds this blog writer that watering needs to be done daily and today is my day.

Virtually speaking

Walk along for a quick look at our garden.

 

Dressed for winter

 FIGG's neighbours Sassy, Maverick, Big Rev, and Chase are dressed for winter,

 

Aprende Grows

FIGG is making good on its mission to support other community gardens.  Aprende Middle School has organized a gardening club named Aprende Grows.  The students have met, elected officers, gone on a field trip, and will be building their garden in January.

 

Turning the soil

 The experimental plot was turned over.  All that had grown was trimmed a bit, then it was folded under.  It will decompose and nourish the garden.

 

Here is more information about turning the soil.

 

 

 

 

Sweet Potatoes

Oh what fun it was to pull up these sweet things.

 

Learn how to grow them here.