CONNOR’S GARDEN
PROFILE
I want to work at the garden because:
Two of my personal goals for working at the Dallas Youth Garden this summer are:
1. Explore the magic of friendship
2 Get better with plants make them like me
Two things I hope to learn from working at the Dallas Youth Garden are:
1.the magic of friendship duh
2. Specific requirements for maintaining certain plants
I think my biggest challenge will be: weeding…
My favorite vegetable or fruit is: pepper tee hee
I hope to contribute this to the garden this year:
My knowledge of the magic of friendship.
GARDEN PLAN
Vegetables and Flowers Planted (list in order):
Zinnia
Tomato
Pepper
Onion
Zucchini
Butternut squash
Pole beans
Crookneck
Patty pan
Rows of vegetables planted: 16
Number of different kinds of vegetables planted: 9
Planned Garden Yield: 324 lb + patty pan
Planned Biggest Producer: zucchini or squash
GARDEN LOG:
May 2-7: Just started. Met in the garden and then garden planning using Zoom.
May 9-15: Helped Clean up Plant Sale. Garden planning zoom meetings. Cleaned up tools
May 16-22: Began the planting process.
May 23-20 : I dug holes in the sun, it wasn’t fun, watered planted vegetables.
May 30-June 4: Yay! Finished planting and did some light weeding as well as watered my plants.
June 8-12: Started straw, I think we were pretty efficient. Watered my plants and weeded, alternating starting side each day.
June 14-20: More straw! Kinda? I lovingly drenched my plants in water, lightly weeded, and gently plucked the premature flowers off my tomatoes and squash. Had an optional day on Thursday which I didn’t go to cause I didn’t make my mind up until I had already forgotten about it. Tee hee.
June 23-28 Yay we finished straw! I drowned my plants with water to ensure they wouldn’t die on hot days. Saw a zucchini coming in so that’s good. I weeded my onions and did a bit of weeding around my squash. Guided my bean plants onto the fence to ensure they grow neatly and efficiently. We talked about projects a bit but I didn’t really decide on anything specific, a few ideas floating around though.
June 30 - July 4 I got three moderately sized Zucchini plucked once they were ripe for the taking. Did a bit of weeding randomly around my garden. I tried watering a little less because I was worried about over watering but then I ended up watering even more because I spent a while on each plant. I decided to take pictures of a bunch of my plants and label them for one project and I hope to bake Zucchini bread for another, but we’ll see how it goes. Oh and I missed the optional day on July 4th because of ride issues. It’s fine though.
GARDEN PROJECTS
1. Food Assistance Visit
Date Attended:
What did I help with:
What were people like:
What I learned:
2. Resipe
Name:
Ingredients:
Steps to Make it:
3. Another Project
Problem: What is the name of the problem you are trying solve
Solution: What do you think the solution or possible solutions are to the problem
Test/Activity: What did you do to test the solution
Results: What are your results
Communication: Who did you communicate this to and what did you say
4. Public Presentation
Date:
Who I Presented To:
What I talked About:
How it went:
What I learned :
MONTHLY GARDEN SUMMARY
May: Days Worked 11 Days Off 2 Extra Days Worked 0 Days Late 0
June: Days Worked 10 Days Off 2 Extra Days Worked 0 Days Late 0
July: Days Worked _____ Days Off _____ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late______
August: Days Worked _____ Days Off _____ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late______
September: Days Worked _____ Days Off _____ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late______