School Garden Project Updates
• Potato Towers – Green leaves are multiplying as the potatoes continue to grow! Once the leaves turn brown the potatoes will be ready to harvest!
• Cabbage Weigh Off
The cabbages continue to amaze us as they are growing to epic proportions! The fact that these cabbages were started from tiny seeds planted by our very own Gemini students is incredible! Cabbage weigh-off to follow spring break.
• Worm Farm - Worms, worms & more worms! Three farms have been started. 1rst, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Grades were able to see the worm farm presentation and learn all about the benefits of composting food waste & paper with worms. You can imagine the variety of reactions from students as a ball of 500 worms was pulled out of the bag Willing participants were able to hold, touch, and name the worms while learning how to be good worm caretakers. All worm castings and liquid from the farms is being used as natural fertilizer in the garden. Students will have the opportunity to care for the farms on Green Thumb Thursdays.
Volunteers: Thank you to the few consistent volunteers helping with the gardens! PLEASE NOTE: For Students from each grade to continue to participate in the garden on Green Thumb Thursdays, parent volunteers will be required to contribute 1 to 3 hours per week for each grade. (See Sign Up Genius Link below).
There are now 3 gardens to water and maintain: Big Garden on North side of school, Mr. Meisenburg’s Music Garden, and the Kindergarten Garden.
Volunteer Opportunities Include:
*Green Thumb Thursday student guidance (Join us any time for 1 or more hours between 9:30AM and 2:00PM) You may sign in as a visitor along with our designated garden volunteers.
*Watering seedlings, cabbage bins, & potato towers in Big Garden
*Weeding Music Garden
*Watering Music Garden
*Clean up the kindergarten flower boxes
*Help organize Kindergarten Garden events now that the playground is open (Yeah!)
Garden Volunteer Sign-Up Genius link: Gemini Garden Club: Garden Watering (signupgenius.com)
Contact Sonya Ostensen 352-428-7782 sonya.ostensen@oz-matic.com with any volunteer questions or to be added to the Gemini Garden Club Group Text.
