JORDYN’S GARDEN

PROFILE

I want to work at the garden because: I enjoy it

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

  1. Keep up on weeding

  2. Limit my baseball bat sized zucchinis to 1 or under

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

  1. Best way to keep a pest free garden

  2. How to grow good cabbage

I think my biggest challenge will be: Keeping up on weeding

My favorite vegetable or fruit is: Zucchini

I hope to contribute this to the garden this year: A good attitude

 GARDEN PLAN

Vegetables and Flowers Planted (list in order):

  1. Marigold

  2. Zucchini

  3. Marigold

  4. Zucchini

  5. Cabbage

  6. Tomato

  7. Beets

  8. Beans

  9. Cabbage

  10. Yellow Squash

  11. Carrots

  12. Tomato

  13. Onion

  14. Carrots

  15. Dill

  16. Crookneck Squash

Rows of vegetables planted: 16

Number of different kinds of vegetables planted: 9

Planned Garden Yield: 397

Planned Biggest Producer: Zucchini

Changes in my plan during planting: Accidentally messed up my zucchini row spacing and had to fix it.

GARDEN LOG

  • May 1-3: Gone in Arizona

  • May 4-10: Zoom meetings

  • May 11-17: Starting planting had a saturday zoom meeting due to rain

  • May 20-24: Worked in the garden and finished planting

  • May 27-31: Weeded a lot, replanted first row of zuchs, started laying straw

  • June 3-7: Started laying straw in my garden

  • June 10-14 Did more straw and got a lot done. If we are lucky it should be only another Saturday to finish.

  • June 16-21 Weeded then did more straw. Finshed 3 gardens however the rain cut Saturday short. Weeded my marigold rows very well and fertilized my garden.

  • June 23-28: Finshed 3 more gardens including mine with straw. Weeded all my transplants but 1 row. Admired my beans.

  • July 1-5: Weeded finshed all straw and came late Saturday as I missed my alarm

  • July 7-12: Kept up on weeding and did minions. Also got my first beet and many pounds of zucchini.

  • July 14-19: Started laying chips, worked on video ideas, ate good cookies.

  • July 21-26: Laid more chips, weeded my carrots, dill, and some transplants. My cabbage is starting to get to an almost harvestable size, and I saw a mouse by my tomato plants.

  • July 28-August 2: Beans started producing but unfortunately had a lull in beet production. Had the open house gave some garden tours and drank very good punch

Final Thoughts:


My favorite garden vegetable was:
Because:
I harvested _____ pounds of produce from my garden.
My favorite job was:
My least favorite job was:
I could have done better at:
I did the best I could doing:
The two things I learned most at the garden this year were:
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2.

GARDEN PROJECTS

1.Project One

Question/Problem(s) Proposed: What causes there to be more ladybugs in a season compared to another?

Answer(s) I found: There are a myriad of potential reasons attributed to the higher populations of ladybugs seen this season, such as a mild winter or an early start to spring. These conditions can often result in higher survival rates for ladybug larvae, leading to increased adult populations. A plentiful food supply also allows for both rapid breeding and successful development. These are all potential reasons for the higher population of ladybugs observed this garden season.

URL Reference: https://hawxpestcontrol.com/why-are-there-so-many-ladybugs-this-year/

2. Resipe

Name: Zucchini Brownies

Vegetable Used: Zuchini

Ingredients: ½ cup (112 g) vegetable oil, 1 ½ cups (300 g) granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, 2 cups (256 g) all-purpose flour, ½ cup (64 g) unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, 3 cups finely shredded zucchini (not drained), 1 ¼ cups semi-sweet chocolate chunks

Steps to Make it: heat oven to 350, then combine oil, sugar, vanilla together in a medium bowl, in a large bowl combine flour, cacao, baking soda, salt together. After wisk the wet into the dry untill combined batter will be super dry. Fold in zuch and let sit for 5 minutes batter should moisten well. If not let sit for another 5 minutes and add a tad water if your zuch was not very wet. Fold in chips and bake in a 9×13 for 25-30 minutes.

Opinion: Good I'll need to use less chocolate chunks as I used milk chocolate as well as the semi sweet chips.

3. Another Project

Question/Problem(s) Proposed: Video

I made a clip for our video on what to do in the garden. My video was on garden upkeep and it came out to be about 2 minutes long. I went over weeding, watering, picking, and other tips such as tomato cages and picking flower buds. It took about 30 tries to get the video right as I had a myriad of issues but I finished it Friday night. The part of my video that I think is most important is the weeding portion.

MONTHLY GARDEN SUMMARY

May: Days Worked ___11__ Days Off ____3_ Extra Days Worked ___0_ Days Late__0_____ Total Produce(Pounds):__0__

June: Days Worked __12___ Days Off __0___ Extra Days Worked ___1__ Days Late____0___ Total Produce(Pounds):_0_.

July: Days Worked ___13_ Days Off __1___ Extra Days Worked 0 Days Late_____1_ Total Produce(Pounds):__139.5

August: Days Worked _____ Days Off ____ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late_______ Total Produce(Pounds):__

September: Days Worked ____ Days Off _____ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late______ Total Produce(Pounds):____