The Ladybugs added fresh compost to their square foot gardens today and planted purple asters, broccoli, cabbage, rosemary transplants and seeds - beets, turnips, lettuce, spinach, and chard. What was one big 8 foot x 4 foot rectangle, is now 32 one foot x one foot squares. Since we had marjoram and fennel is 3 of the squares from last year, we will continue to plant until we fill up all of the squares. The children will go to their garden several times each week to weed and water, as well as make journal entry drawings of what they are observing - both plant life and animal life (mostly insects and spiders). The fall/winter gardens seem to reap the best harvests because of our mild winters. We are already looking forward to the harvest...young children will get a sense of time and the life cycle of the plant as they wait for that harvest.
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