Representing Redwood School

Massimo McCormick's harvested cabbage, weighing 16.5 pounds.   Massimo will be representing Redwood School  in the Bonnie Plant Cabbage Contest.

NOT ONLY IS THE GARDEN GROWING, SO ARE OUR STUDENTS!!!

LOOK HOW MUCH OUR STUDENTS ARE GROWING, 

AND THE GARDEN TOO!

A third grader and his little brother, doing some weeding in the Redwood garden.

This was their favorite plant.

Aidan picked one tiny red tomato the first week. He had it with his salad and said it was delicious.

The boys working on our new section during our second week. They absolutely love the garden.

Things are really growing. It’s awesome to watch.

Harvesting a few green tomatoes.

About once a year, we treat ourselves to fried green tomatoes. our family loves them, so he couldn’t resist.

Happy Gardeners

Our harvest from the Redwood Garden. Delicious. Thank you.

YUMMY......

Pictures of Kathie Waldron's class harvesting veggies from the garden, 

cleaning and preparing a salad, 

and enjoying the finished product.

Let's see what else is growing on this last day of school......

Corn beginning to grow...

Like a good sister, 

beans are wrapping around the corn to protect it...

And beans on the tee pee are beginning to flower and will turn into fruit soon...

The tomatoes are getting taller...they must be indeterminate tomatoes.

Cucumbers are spreading...

Beet leaves keep growing, regardless of how many we thinned and ate!

The edible flowers and nasturtium leaves are delicious too.

A bulging radish, ready to be picked...

We enjoyed tasting some broccoli last week, here is more...

don't expect it to get large, like supper market size.

Zucchini ...

See the zucchini growing at the end of the flower?

Cucumbers are starting to bloom too!

ANOTHER GIGANTIC THANK YOU GOES TO

ANOTHER THANK YOU GOES TO MR. AYUSO 

ON BEHALF OF HIS CHILDREN

ALIVIA AND EDDIE

FOR THE SHED TO HOUSE OUR TOOLS AND KEEP OUR GARDEN SAFE

THANK YOU!!!

How can you tell the difference between a true leaf and a seed leaf?

The seed leaves are always the first set of leaves to come up out of the soil, 

for most plants they're very rounded looking 

and many plants will look almost identical at this stage.

Seed leaves nourish the new sprout until it can photosynthesize its own food. 

The first few sets of true leaves don't always look like the plant's adult foliage, but they are still considered true leaves. The first set of true leaves will be pretty obvious, you won't miss it. 

Be patient, sometimes plants will sit there with just the seed leaves for a little while.

OOOOOH, LOOK....

Beans are growing up the teepee fast now...

A baby budding string bean....the first ones.

So much is growing!!!