FAITH’S GARDEN

PROFILE

I want to work at the garden because: I think it’s a good fun opportunity for me to make money and work on life long skills

Two of my personal goals for working at the Dallas Youth Garden this summer are:

1. To gain work experience

2 practice teamwork and work on new skills

Two things I hope to learn from working at the Dallas Youth Garden are:

1. More about how to plant and garden

2. What it’s like having a job

I think my biggest challenge will be: keeping a good schedule with work, school, sports, extracurricular activities etc

My favorite vegetable or fruit is: I love pineapple and bell peppers

I hope to contribute this to the garden this year: a great attitude and awesome veggies

 GARDEN PLAN

Vegetables and Flowers Planted (list in order):

  1. Zinnias

  2. Radish

  3. Radish

  4. Peppers

  5. Carrots

  6. Tomato (big red, gypsy)

  7. Tomato

  8. Yellow squash

  9. Dill

  10. Cabbage

  11. Zinnia

  12. Lettuce

  13. Onion

  14. Peppers

  15. Cabbage

  16. Zucchini

Rows of vegetables planted: 16

Number of different kinds of vegetables planted: 12

Planned Garden Yield: 136

Planned Biggest Producer: Tomatoes

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: getting used to things and learning

May 23-30 : getting used to things, getting into a good routine

May 30-June 4: finished planting, lots of weeding and wondering, learned weeding hurts lol

June 8-12: continuing watering, and laying down hay.

June 15-20: continued watering and using water thermometers to make sure I’m watering my plants just enough

June 22-27: finished laying down hay, and watering+ weeding

June 29-July 4: I started my garden project about managing cucumber beetles also working on weeds and watering.

July 6-11: I continued monitoring my cucumber beetle project. harvested lots and lots of lettuce. And worked very hard on weeding my carrots

July 13-18: I harvested more lettuce and the team learned many new ways to improve soil, dean put down calcium nitrate. zinnias started blooming

July 20-25: I harvested a few pounds of crookneck squash and yellow zucchini, still picking flowers on my back row of yellow zucchini

July 27-Aug 1: We put down bark chips on the pathways in the garden and did other things to prep the garden for the open house

August 4-9: We mainly focused on picking and watering this week. And started picking more fun veggies like peppers

August 11-16: We kept our normal routine of watering, picking and weeding. We have started harvesting cabbage, this weekend we also had a cooking competition, dean put us into teams of 2 and we started prepping ideas for 2 different recipes.

 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 I am trying to get rid of cucumber beetles in my garden.

Solution: What do you think the solution or possible solutions are to the problem I think using different tools and methods made specifically to get rid of them, and planting certain things can also help get rid of them “Enhance your garden by including repellent plants like broccoli, calendula, nasturtiums, radishes, rue, and tansy. These plants can deter cucumber beetles while contributing to the diversity of your garden”.

Test/Activity: What did you do to test the solution I used sticky pieces of paper that the bugs get stuck to and are attracted to. I put them in the middle of my garden next to my squash plants because according to a website on cucumber beetles they can significantly impact crops like cucumbers, squash, pumpkins, and melons. And are mainly attracted to them.

Results: What are your results my results were that there were a significant less amount of cucumber beetles in my garden and my squash plants started to grow vegetables faster.

Communication: Who did you communicate this to and what did you say I communicate this to my team and boss, talking about what my project is about, what I learned and my results.

Sources: https://gardencenterohio.com/insects-in-the-garden/cucumber-beetle/

4. Public Presentation

Date:‍ ‍

Who I Presented To:

What I talked About:

How it went:

What I learned

Education Project: W-9 form

What’s the purpose of a W-9 form?

The purpose of the Form W-9 is to confirm that the employee is responsible for their own income tax as well as their Social Security and Medicare payments. Another function of Form W-9 is to avoid backup withholding. When you complete a W-9 you can certify that you’re not subject to backup withholding, which stops the employer from withholding taxes to be sent to the government and allows you to be paid in full.

What is the difference between a W-9 and a W4?

W-4: Filled out by employees so their employer knows how much tax to withhold from each paycheck.

W-9: Filled out by independent contractors to provide their tax information for tax reporting.

Why do we have to fill out a W-9 form?

We have to fill out a W-9 form so the IRS can estimate what taxes will be owed by independent contractors or freelancers who provide labor or services to a business.

Sources: https://www.mergedpdf.com/lp/form-w9?‍ ‍https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/w4-vs-w9


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MONTHLY GARDEN SUMMARY

May: Days Worked 10 Days Off 1 Extra Days Worked 0 Days Late 0

June: Days Worked 11 Days Off 2 Extra Days Worked 1 Days Late 0

July: Days Worked 12 Days Off 0 Extra Days Worked 2 Days Late 0

August: Days Worked _____ Days Off _____ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late______

September: Days Worked _____ Days Off _____ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late______