Nova Social Studies in the Garden

Sixth and seventh graders on Team Nova headed out to the garden last week to dig, haul composted manure (a generous donation by one student's grandfather), weed, plant, and water. They did an awesome job working together to get the garden going this spring. This is part of their social studies and science units on food and food systems.
They planted beans, corn, squash, potatoes, peppers, herbs, and flowers.

Beans - Calypso and Cloud's Horticultural (a local heirloom)
Corn - Painted Mountain
Squash / Pumpkin - Delicata and Baby Pam pumpkin
Potatoes - Blue Gold, Russet, and Ozette (a rare variety that never made the trip to Europe)
Herbs - lavender, chamomile, marjoram, parsley
Flowers - cosmos, sunflowers, nasturtium, morning glory, hyacinth bean

Students from the high school have also come over and planted some beds with a variety of vegetables.

Nice new raised beds built by students from the Regional Resource Center.