LEAVES!

One of the very last jobs for the garden before winter is to spread out the leaves which were brought to us by Jamie Lewis from Extreme Landscaping who is always willing to lend a hand with the Davis School Garden.

We spread the leaves into the PATHWAYS of the garden and leave the garden beds clear.  We do this so we can find the garden beds again in the spring and add fresh compost to them to make them ready for planting.  And we spread leaves in the pathways to keep the weeds from growing up there during the spring and summer.

If anyone wants to help I am leaving my wheel barrows and pitch fork by the compost bin.  Families, teachers & kids are all welcome to come help spread a few leaves.

Be careful not to step in the garden beds (where the irrigation tapes are) and not to wheel barrow over them.  Try to stay on the pathways.

THANKS!
Meighan

Harvesting potatoes

Hi everyone!

What a fun fall it's been!  Here are some of my photos from a wonderful potato harvest day with Ms. Kimball-Dorey's class.

Still Blooming!

Many flowers are still blooming in our Davis Garden! Teachers, feel free to cut a few to brighten up your classroom. Classrooms can also think about planting flower bulbs now that will come up in the spring. Bulbs that can be planted in the fall are: tulips, daffodils, crocus, narcissus and many others. If you want to do some fall planting we have people who can help!

Produce donations for the needy

The Davis Garden continues to produce abundantly through the summer when school is out of session.  This year, some teachers kept their garden rows growing into the fall for their students in September to enjoy and some neighbors used the garden to grow their own vegetables.  With the remaining rows, we grew an assortment of veggies for donation.  Most of the food went to Gaining Ground, a nonprofit farm in Concord which distributes produce to multiple local sites and to the Pine Street Inn homeless shelter in Boston.  One of the places Gaining Ground brings the fresh vegetables every week is to our own food pantry in Bedford.

This season we have donated a total of 200 pounds of produce so far!  This includes 127 pounds of potatoes dug by Mrs. Kimball-Dorey's class!!  Here's a picture of my kids (Phineas & Willa) with the potatoes at the Gaining Ground pavilion.  Above them is just one of the many car-loads of kale we donated this season.  Other food donated so far includes lettuce, radishes, beets, summer squash and zucchini.

Mrs. Marino was the photographer of these beautiful pictures of our amazing garden! She and her daughter Kate visited the garden and had fun exploring and capturing it for us to enjoy!

Autumn in the Garden

Mrs. Marino's Second Grade Observations

Second graders were observing and exploring in the garden. Kids were looking for details in the plants that are growing- colors, shapes, textures and sizes of plant parts. Then kids wrote notes and sketched their observations!

Potato Harvest

Mrs. Kimball-Dorey's first graders were out in the garden Wednesday with our friend Meighan Matthews digging up potatoes. Everyone took one home to share and the rest will be donated to the local food pantry. Kids found worms, spiders and grubs too! A great time was had by all!

Gourds!

Mrs. Nocera's first grade class harvested their gourds recently. They are beautiful and are decorating their classroom!

Here is a great photo of the husk cherries you can hunt for in the garden!  They are also called "ground cherries" because the ones you eat are found on the ground!  You want the ones with the brown papery husks.  Remove the husks and pop the sweet cherries in your mouth - yum!

Welcome Back!

This is the Davis School garden blog where our whole community can learn about our garden and see what's happening outside in the dirt!
Right now our garden is bursting with all kinds of late summer goodies. Stop by and take a peek-it is across from the bus loop.
See you in the garden!

Miss Hart's Gardeners

Kids in Miss Hart's class went out to the garden and picked radishes and lettuce that they grew. They ate it with their families who came to see their farm play!

Mrs. Meyer's Gardeners

Mrs. Meyer's second graders harvested lettuce, swiss chard and radishes from their garden today. Everyone got to take a huge bag home to share with their families!

Garden Stones

Ms. Petrocelli's first graders weeded, planted pumpkin plants and painted large rocks to spell out Pumpkin Patch last Tuesday in their garden plot!

Harvest Day!

Mrs. Seldon's kindergartners went out to their garden plot today to harvest their lettuce and radishes! Yum! Yum!

Mrs. Nocera's First Grade Gardeners

"We were so excited to pick our lettuce the other day. Each student went home with a lovely bag of lettuce from our garden. They couldn't wait to share the lettuce with their family and tell them about the process of planting and caring for the plants in the Davis School Garden."

Mrs. Marino's Second Grade Gardeners

Kids have planted radishes, beans, sunflowers and some pumpkins. They are all starting to grow!

Radishes Have Sprouted

Mrs. Seldon's kindergarten class planted radish seeds just a few weeks ago. They are growing quickly and are about ready to harvest!

May in the Garden