Daily Girl #54: How The Garden Grows

How The Garden Grows:
Rain, Fall Garden and What's Blooming
By Gabe

We have been getting a lot of rain. It rains sideways here a lot. Our seeds sprouted because we got lots of rain. Today I checked the garden and one zucchini, some lettuce, a bunch of radishes and a bunch of broccoli have sprouted already. Also our jalapeno looks good because of the rain. My row in our garden is the carrot and radish row. That means I have to take care of that row by weeding it. I get to pick the vegetables in that row when they are ready to pick. My three favorite vegetables in our fall garden are carrots, radishes and lettuce. Here is some stuff that's blooming right now at our house: society garlic, pink and yellow roses, crape myrtle, butternut squash flowers, jack o lantern pumpkin flowers, orange honeysuckle, jasmine and portulaca. I like the honeysuckle the best because they have these cool orange flowers.

Gabe: Our Garden

We planted in our fall garden this weekend. First we spread the bone meal. Then we mixed it up with the dirt. Bone meal is ground bone.We mixed it up because it adds nutrients to the dirt without adding chemicals. Then we planted a lot of seeds. Here is a map of our garden.

Daily Girl #53: How The Garden Grows

How The Garden Grows: Fall Garden Time
By Gabe

We cleaned our garden out by pulling everything out so we can plant our fall garden. While we did that Jack played in mud the entire time and got yucky! Here are some things we want to plant: sage, lavender, lettuces, spinach, peas, potatoes, broccoli, zucchini, sunflowers, onions, radishes, basil, cilantro, jalepeno, dill. We want more dill because we use it as an herb. We want radishes because we will put it in salads. Radishes are my favorite thing that we are planting because they are very spicy. We want more sunflowers because their cool. Tony delivered mulch for the garden. We will plant some seeds in the ground and we will start some in pots in the house. I like the seeds we grow in the house because the birds don't eat the seeds and they are healthier plants. Our garden will be cool.

Daily Girl #52- How The Garden Grows

How The Garden Grows: Composting
By Gabe

It is important to compost. Composting saves the Earth. When you compost you put scraps of food in it so you are not wasting food. The compost makes dirt for our gardens and plants. We use to have it in a garbage can. Now we have it in an open bin and we water it. We also worm compost. The worm's poop is the dirt. The first step in composting is to make a bin. We used wood to make ours. Then you put food scraps in it. Then you put grass and leaves in it. Water it every day. Don't put meat or dairy in it. When it turns to dirt use it for gardening.