Planting day, April 2015 April 16, 2015

We had a beautiful, sunny spring day to plant our cool weather crops! 13 classrooms came out to help plant peas, lettuce, carrots, spinach, radishes and potatoes. Thanks to some amazing Master Gardener volunteers, we were able to get everything planted and learned a lot along the way.  

Broccoli is Awesome by Chrismathe June 9, 2014

Do you like broccoli? The seeds grow in spring or fall. The seeds need lots of sun and water. Some good ways to make broccoli are in beef and broccoli, broccoli and cauliflower soup, or you can put cheese on it. Broccoli is high in Vitamins C and A. Truly, broccoli is a good kind of vegetable.

 

 

Growing Carrots by Fernando

Growing carrots is fun! The seeds of carrots are very tiny. Some people use sand to help bury down the seeds. Carrots need dirt and space to grow. Don’t bury the seeds too deep. You should plant carrots in the spring or fall because the weather is cool. Some people use carrots for carrot juice. You can eat them plain. Some people use carrots for carrot cake. I like that! Certainly planting carrots is fun.

Composting at Hiawatha June 8, 2014

The Hiawatha Compost club will be accepting applications this week for members to take over in the 2014-15 school year. Thanks to this year’s compost club for all their hard work!

Swiss Chard June 2, 2014

Have you eaten Swiss chard? It’s yummy! The seeds look like little rocks. You need to plant the seeds one foot apart. It grows up out of the ground and has leaves. We can cook the leaves or cut them and eat them fresh. Other names for Swiss chard are silver beet, Roman kale, and strawberry spinach. Swiss chard is awesome!

by Aruna

 

 

Sweet Peppers

Do you know how to grow sweet peppers? The seeds are very small and white. You dig a small hole to put the seeds in. You can grill peppers or eat them fresh. Some kinds of peppers are sweet and others are hot. Would you like to plant sweet peppers?

By Anset

 

 

Beets are the Best

Do you know how to grow beets? Seeds are little and are brown and black. The seeds need water, sun and air to grow. You can make soup out of them and you can make juice. Now you know how to grow beets.

By Goma

 

 

Pumpkins by Kelli

Do you know how to grow pumpkins? The seeds are yellow and big. Pumpkin plants grow big leaves and have orange flowers. The pumpkins start small, then get big. You can use pumpkins to make pie. You can use pumpkins on Halloween. Antarctica is the only continent that pumpkins won’t grow in. Pumpkins even grow in Alaska! As you can see, growing pumpkins is fun.

Cool as a Cucumber

Do you love cucumbers? The cucumber see looks like a small pumpkin seed. They are flat and yellow. When the cucumber grows it has two big leaves. The flower grows first and looks pretty. After the flower falls off, the cucumber will grow. You can put chilled cucumber slices on your eyes for puffiness. Or you can cut slices and dip them in salt. Truly, I like cucumber. It tastes good!

By Samikchya

Spectacular Spinach

Spinach

By Wadi Momany

Yummmmm, spinach!  What does spinach look like? A leaf? Yes! Have you ever tasted it? NO? Don’t judge a leaf by its look.

Spinach grows in best cool weather. You should plant it in the spring. Give it water or if it rains, you won’t need to. It is native to centeral southwestern Asia.

What are its uses? You can eat spinach with salad and ranch. You can also eat it steamed or boiled. It has vitamin A, C, E,and K.

Other facts: It was used during the World War II to give soldiers better health and to make them stronger. Clearly, spinach is used for a lot of things!