tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20529370857473138222024-03-14T03:23:21.820-04:00Growing Gardens, Growing Minds: MDES Garden and Greenhouse ProjectAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16122621626525742203noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052937085747313822.post-37254539011291596412018-05-15T08:56:00.001-04:002018-05-15T08:56:29.415-04:00Spring Has Sprung!<br />
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This is what we do if we go into the greenhouse at MDES School!</div>
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Orange reminds me of Halloween, and so does this flower. These are marigolds. (Gianni)</div>
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This flower is a cosmos. It reminds me of my favorite color, pink, and I like how it has leaves that stick out from the center. (James)</div>
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Inside the flowers is nectar. The butterflies land on the flowers and eat the nectar. They go to another flower and spread pollen. Pollen is what plants use to make more plants. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16122621626525742203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052937085747313822.post-11386739982187845202016-02-03T11:15:00.006-05:002016-02-03T11:25:49.846-05:00Fresh Herbs All WinterLast year we had the opportunity to purchase a grow light for our garden and greenhouse program. It was used last year to grow seedlings for our garden, but having the greenhouse now, we no longer needed the grow light for that purpose. Instead Chef Emily and I decided to set up the grow light in the cafeteria and grow fresh herbs all school year long. Now Chef Emily has easy access to the herbs for cooking all of our wonderful school lunches! Also, it is pretty cool to have the herbs growing in the cafeteria for all the students to see. Under the grow light you will find mint, parsley, cilantro, rosemary and chives. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16122621626525742203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052937085747313822.post-63640384370140733772016-01-06T11:39:00.000-05:002016-01-06T11:39:18.210-05:00Seedlings in January! Over the holiday break our first planting of seeds sprouted in the greenhouse and we will soon have a few crops of lettuce and spinach varieties available for our cafeteria salad bar. Just before we went on holiday break, I was able to pull out two groups of seventh graders, and also the entire fourth/fifth blend of approximately fifty students, to plant the different varieties of seeds in our greenhouse growing space. We were concerned about the seeds sprouting, because of the solstice and very small window of sunlight that Maine receives right now. But with the greenhouse reaching almost eighty degrees some days, and the extra amount of sunny weather we had over the break, the seeds sprouted nicely and are growing great! It is such a wonderful feeling to know that we are growing fresh greens for our cafeteria in the middle of January!<br />
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This week we will be planting a crop of spinach and a mesclun salad mix for the cafeteria's salad bar. We will also have the middle school science class and the fourth and fifth graders who will be doing some seed and soil experiments in the greenhouse soon. <br />
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These students seeing the full circle of planting seeds and harvesting the fruits or vegetables almost 6 months later, is what our garden and greenhouse program is all about! The students love it! More harvest news to come soon!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16122621626525742203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052937085747313822.post-79218994222370642452015-09-14T15:33:00.003-04:002015-09-15T10:48:22.718-04:00Beets, butterflies, and our new greenhouse! We are officially in our third week of school, and we have all hit the ground running. Our school garden was maintained all summer by the Neighborhood House campers and one of our garden coordinators Julie Taylor. Right before school started the campers and Julie were able to harvest almost all of our beets, and they were canned and preserved for the school year and given to Chef Emily! Miss Eileen one of our wonderful librarians, has been cultivating Monarch butterflies in the library, and our students are getting the opportunity to tag and release these Monarchs, and track their journey to Mexico for the winter. <br />
And last we are very excited to announce that our greenhouse is almost done, and will soon be filled with many students growing vegetables! Falt Builders, from right here in Northeast Harbor, very generously built the entire greenhouse for us this summer, and only a few more details remain before it is finished! We are very excited about the many fun things happening this school year in our gardening program! Stay posted for more news from Growing Gardens, Growing Minds!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16122621626525742203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052937085747313822.post-52981667914609031802015-06-16T07:49:00.002-04:002015-06-16T07:49:23.098-04:00The week of plantingOur school year is very quickly coming to an end this week, but before we are all gone for the summer, the students are getting an opportunity to plant the seedlings they've been growing all spring. They love helping to plant the seedlings, turn over the soil and weed, and help water all the seedlings still left to be planted! One of our garden coordinators Julie Taylor, will be leading a gardening class once a week in our school garden with all of the summer campers at the Neighborhood House here in Northeast Harbor. The campers will maintain the garden, and help harvest vegetables when they are ready mid summer. Many of our crops will be ready in the fall, and will be incorporated into our school lunches! <div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16122621626525742203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052937085747313822.post-82333753664649778442015-05-19T07:49:00.000-04:002015-09-15T11:10:55.949-04:00Greenhouse excitementIf you have walked passed the school recently then you will see that we have a new sign and an area staked off for our greenhouse. Construction on the greenhouse will start in early June, by some wonderful local contributors, Falt Builders and BCM construction. This greenhouse has been a dream for many dedicated parents and staff members, and with a lot of generous donations and fundraising it will soon be a reality! The structure will be an 18 x 32ft gothic arch greenhouse with tables for starting seedlings and also a few raised beds for extending the growing season with our students. Please stay posted and check back in early June for some progress on the project! <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16122621626525742203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052937085747313822.post-12885746267139147862015-05-14T14:53:00.000-04:002015-09-15T11:11:39.868-04:00Busy bees! We are very proud to say that we now have an observation hive at Mount Desert Elementary! Thanks to the wonderful efforts of one of our garden coordinators, Julie Taylor, we now have an observation hive in our middle school science room, and all the students are welcome to observe. The bees were set up today, and so far the students are loving it! They are having a blast just observing the hive, trying to find the queen, and putting their hands up against the glass to feel the vibrations of the worker bees. There is a small tube that is connected to the window, and the bees will come and go to the hive from the window, entering and exiting the hive through the tube. There were even many teachers checking out the hive at the end of the day! <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16122621626525742203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052937085747313822.post-25519846423174281642015-05-11T12:25:00.001-04:002015-09-15T11:11:50.667-04:00Cucumbers, kale and tomatoes! Last week we had the wonderful opportunity to plant seeds with all our students. Each class planted one tray of seeds and they will get to watch the seeds sprout on their windowsills over the next couple of weeks. We discussed with each class how the results would be different for each classroom based on the amount of sunlight each room receives, and also which direction the classroom is facing, noting that the south facing seedlings would most likely do the best. To our surprise this morning, we already have cucumbers, kale and tomatoes sprouting! The enthusiasm and excitement amongst those students who noticed we had some seeds which had sprouted over the weekend was great to see! <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16122621626525742203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052937085747313822.post-70780652508442436862015-05-05T14:46:00.002-04:002015-09-15T11:12:00.406-04:00First spinach harvest Today we had the the opportunity to harvest our first crop of spinach from the garden. We have had great weather the past few days, and we were excited to see the spinach really growing a lot the past week! This is our first spinach harvest, and we should be able to harvest at least once more. The spinach will be incorporated into our school lunch salad bar this week! <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16122621626525742203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052937085747313822.post-79445518370254632612015-04-27T09:48:00.000-04:002015-09-15T11:12:09.323-04:00Getting readyWe are excited to be back to school from our April vacation, and we are even more excited to be starting seedlings with all the students. We have designated one variety of seeds to be grown by each grade level, and we will be starting the seedlings next week. Between now and the first week of June, the students will have the opportunity to observe the seedlings sprouting and growing in their classrooms. We will be planting these seedlings in the garden just before school lets out for the summer.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16122621626525742203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052937085747313822.post-16201868931890384972015-04-17T10:57:00.003-04:002015-09-15T11:12:28.873-04:00Cold frame success! Last fall, we created seed tape with a few of the students using spinach seeds, and we planted the tape in our cold frame box. We knew we were planting later in the fall than normal, but we took a chance to see if we would get any spinach. Unfortunately, it became very cold quickly and the snow began to fly. We assumed that the spinach never took because of the cold weather. Much to our surprise, we checked the cold frame this spring and the spinach had re-seeded itself and we currently have spinach sprouting in the cold frame! <br />
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