How to cook kale by Ms. Newman's Class (2nd grade)

When our kale was ready we harvested it. We knew it was ready because it was purple and green and the leaves were big. We walked to the kitchen. Then we washed our hands. Next we washed the kale. We put balsamic vinegar, butter, salt, pepper, and water in the pot. After that we put the kale in the pot and turned on the stove. We cooked it for about 8 minutes. It tasted great!

Gardening 101 by Delani

I am growing radishes, tomatoes, peas, beats, potatoes, strawberries, and trelease.  The most important part of keeping these alive is water and moist soil.  Two of the best things about my garden is the compost and Lucy the owl.  The reason I like the compost is because it has pretty flowers mixed in with it.  The reason I like Lucy the owl is because she watches over my garden and scares away dangerous animals.  I have been gardening for over two months and hope to garden next school year.

Thanks to Mr. Casey, a Global Gardens volunteer, for helping write this blog as dictated by Delani, 2nd grade.

Cucumber Experiment by Bhadri Verduzco (Global Gardens Educator)

So, I did this experiment with one of my classes and the results are interesting and may help you keep your plants hydrated this hot summer.

We asked the question: "Will cucumber seeds germinate better if they are planted in a mound with a punctured coffee can full of water on top of the mound?" So we planted one mound like normal and for the second mound we punctured 4 very small holes in the bottom sides of a large coffee can and filled it with water. The water in the can drip-irrigated the mound. We watered both mounds daily and also filled the can daily. The mound with the coffee can germinated much quicker than the one without. I read that cucumbers do not germinate as well and can have their yield cut by as much as half if they don't have even watering as a seed. And the first claim so far seems to be true. Happy gardening!

History of Global Garden

Eugene field elementary school

Global Garden

By Dalisha Weary

The garden was born in 2007 it all started in Eugene field elementary school the kids were dress as farmer. The person was prowling the grass with a tractor. They had tools but not sheds to put up their tool up they use a cart to put up their tools. Crystal felt excited to come to global garden she made a lot of friends she had one sister and three brother. Today she goes to a famous school George Washington Carver middle school she’s, smart, funny and know how to garden .In 2008 Mrs. Smith was the global garden teacher their class room was at the nursery, trailer and, Mrs. Mary and Mrs. Miller classroom by the water fountain. Then we got the shed and we put are tools in the shed. Plus I haven’t started the global gardens yet .in 2009 I was in global garden in fourth grade Mrs. Oakley was are teacher but she had to go to the hospital to have her baby but Mr. Bhadri was the global garden teacher. And I started the global gardens after school program .in the summer program we had field trips like we went to the nature center to fid a mystery and solve the case plus we went to the farmer market we were passing out cards for the community day we got Italian bread and tomatoes and we sat down and we cut the bread and put tomatoes on it we got some watermelons from Dom, s and lovelle, s   garden .the Rosa parks kid came to visit for lunch we play games and show people around are gardens it was a hot summer day that day. Early that summer we had a sale at global gardens it was so hot in the morning we had flowers, cookies, and lemon bars and fresh corn and men’s ties we almost made100 dollars that day from the sale that day. Today Mrs. princess is the leader of after school program third grade –fifth grade my sister started the Global Garden that make me happy because the younger kids at school are gardening so if you are not in Global Garden one day you can be just like the gardener he at Eugene field elementary school

Authors note

Hi my name is dalisha weary   I got my gardening skill from my great grand father when I go to middle school I am stating the middle school program

Bye, DalishaEugene field elementary school

Global Garden

By Dalisha Weary

The garden was born in 2007 it all started in Eugene field elementary school the kids were dress as farmer. The person was prowling the grass with a tractor. They had tools but not sheds to put up their tool up they use a cart to put up their tools. Crystal felt excited to come to global garden she made a lot of friends she had one sister and three brother. Today she goes to a famous school George Washington Carver middle school she’s, smart, funny and know how to garden .In 2008 Mrs. Smith was the global garden teacher their class room was at the nursery, trailer and, Mrs. Mary and Mrs. Miller classroom by the water fountain. Then we got the shed and we put are tools in the shed. Plus I haven’t started the global gardens yet .in 2009 I was in global garden in fourth grade Mrs. Oakley was are teacher but she had to go to the hospital to have her baby but Mr. Bhadri was the global garden teacher. And I started the global gardens after school program .in the summer program we had field trips like we went to the nature center to fid a mystery and solve the case plus we went to the farmer market we were passing out cards for the community day we got Italian bread and tomatoes and we sat down and we cut the bread and put tomatoes on it we got some watermelons from Dom, s and lovelle, s   garden .the Rosa parks kid came to visit for lunch we play games and show people around are gardens it was a hot summer day that day. Early that summer we had a sale at global gardens it was so hot in the morning we had flowers, cookies, and lemon bars and fresh corn and men’s ties we almost made100 dollars that day from the sale that day. Today Mrs. princess is the leader of after school program third grade –fifth grade my sister started the Global Garden that make me happy because the younger kids at school are gardening so if you are not in Global Garden one day you can be just like the gardener he at Eugene field elementary school

Authors note

Hi my name is dalisha weary   I got my gardening skill from my great grand father when I go to middle school I am stating the middle school program

Bye, Dalisha

Doing so little to help so many

Hi there my fellow people. I 'm Ryah in Global Gardens. But this month we have been working on the best thing in the world. We're helping the homeless/making donation boxes/getting ideas to help others. Just not too long ago, we were on the news [News on Six].We are so happy to help others by doing just a little, to help so many others. Here are some pictures:



We have been interviewing the homeless here and there and [we have been trying to go to a homeless shelter for a field trip to just to help out with meals and to give them our boxes] .Sounds crazy right but we think we might enjoy it, and we are still trying to confirm that we are still going but until then we are making boxes and being as peaceful as possible and sharing the love.


Later,
Ryah J.
5th Grade
Eugene Field

Garden Talk by Alexis (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We have had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. We had a fun gardening season. We planted snap peas and radish. We had to pull out the weeds before we can plant radish, snap peas. We went to water the garden when we had the chance. We talk about harvest the snap peas and when we went to harvest the snap peas they were big. We went inside. We went to sat on the carpet and we had to wash them after that we tried them and some of us like it. I did. Last week we had harvest the radish. We went inside sat on the carpet and talk about hour our radish it feels.

What I Would Plant by Marquan (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

If I ever plant in a garden I would plant very lot of things. Some of the things will be corn, green beans. Sometimes when I don't have anything to do I will just go to the garden and plant other things in the garden. I would put a pretty plant in the garden.

Global Gardens Rocks by Kristian (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We have had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. We pull weeds out of our garden and we harvest our plants and I will like to plant garlic in our garden. And we did great in our garden. And it was peaceful. And our planting seeds. And I want to plant grapes. And Global Gardens rocks!

It All Started in the Summer by Kailee (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We have had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. Well, it all started in summer when we were starting to pull weeds out of the garden. So we can plant seeds. Like kale, snap peas, spinach, radishes, marigolds, sunflowers.

Our Garden Is Successful by Marshae (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We have had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. Our garden is successful. First we harvest our snap peas and radish. It was fun but I didn't like the radish and but I really like the snap peas. We got to eat both of them.

Peek Freshness by Tyler (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We have had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. We planted radish from seed, snap peas, kale. We tasted radish, snap peas. We were doing so good that the radishes were at their peek and the snap peas were gooy. We make sauce for the radishes.

I Am Pround by Drayk (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We have had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. I like our class gardening. It is so good. I'm proud of my class garden and it is good. The gardening make my happy for my class garden. I know my class garden is so good.

We Planted Seeds by Stephanie (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. When we plant the seed. And the class ate the vegetables.

I Love Food From the Garden by Aiyana (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We have had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. Our class planted kale, radish, and snap peas and we took care of our garden. We pulled out the weeds and we put compost and we put mulch. Then it took about two months to grow but we waited and we did not rush our garden to grow. Then we harvest the snap peas first and ate them. And when they die [from the cold] they were mushy. Then we harvest the radish and some of them look funny and we made some sauce and we ate them with the sauce and the kids that like them got to take one home to their family. And some of radish had frost on the top of the and one day we are going to harvest the kale and eat the kale. And I think it's going to be good because I love food from the garden.

So Much Fun in the Garden by Rachel (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. We harvested radish and we got to make Mr. Bhadri's dressing. And got to eat the radishes. We harvested snap peas but they feel like jelly. We planted kale, radish and snap peas. Our marigolds are still growing. And the rules in the garden is no running in the garden. Two is no yelling in the garden. 3 is watch out for plants. That's the rules. Mr Bhadri, it was really fun in the garden!!! We have sunflowers but they are dieing oh no!!! But we still have plants in our garden. In Global Gardens we plant lots of things like radish, snap peas and we have fun because it's cool learning about plants and animals and because it is so so fun at Global Gardens. Mr. Bhadri is very nice Global Gardens teacher and hie is very fun nice tall teacher. And he is very tall. So he can touch the sky and fly so so high. Global Gardens is very fun and so so nice. He lets us look and touch the plants so now you know why Global Gardens is fun.

Our Fall Garden by Conner (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We have had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. We harvested all of the radish and snap peas. We weighed them. We tasted them. We made salad dressing. We got to make our garden. And please write back!

Enjoying our Plants by Isaiah (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. We harvested the snap peas and radish. We got to taste them. We put mulch over the soil to keep it warm. We made sure there was no weeds. We grew our plants fast. We weighed the snap peas and radishes. We watched our garden. We put seeds in the soil and made plants we could harvest. Our snap peas were about 2 pounds. We enjoyed eating our plants. They tasted okay and kind of bitter. But the snap peas were better than the radish. But that's just my opinion. But Mr. Bhadri let me keep a radish. And some other kids of my classmates got to keep one. And we all enjoyed our garden. And I think we will make even more plants. And we will probably enjoy them, too.

Tasting Veggies by Leana (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We have had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. In the garden we planted radish, kale and snap peas. And it is so fun when we get to taste food. And it is cool when it is growing. The radish was good but the snap peas was super good. I love when it grows and we pull it out and it is very hard.

I Hope You Taste It Radishes by Oscar (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class

We have had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. In our garden we planted radish, kale, snap peas. We get to taste them. It was good. Radish taste nothing and the snap peas taste like nothing and are going to taste kale later. Radish and snap peas taste like nothing, but it taste good and I hope you taste it.

What We Did by Jaramiah R. (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We've had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. We harvested snap peas. We harvested radishes. We took out the weeds. We worked together. We put mulch on our garden. I wan to plant collard greens. I want to plant egg plants. We put mulch on our garden to keep it warm for the winter. We made a trellis for our snap peas.

More Radishes, Please by Jeremiah A. (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. Radish, kale, snap peas. I will like to grow some more radish and snap peas because it was good.

Our Gardening Season by Marco (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We've had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. We've worked together to plant kale, radish, snap peas and more. I love planting, harvesting and tasting. Working with my friends is awesome. And I love working together! Because it's fun!

What a Season by Malcomb (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We have had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. Well, we harvested snap peas, and we weighed them. We thought that it was a pound but it wasn't. It was a half a pound. But all of us was really really close. Every one said that it was two or one pounds, but I said that it was two pounds. But the last time we went we harvest radish. We wash them and then we weighed them. And everyone said about five out of one but Mr. Bhadri [predicted] that it was about 2 pounds 4 ounces. He was so so so close. It was 2 pounds and 2 ounces. And then we took them in his kitchen and he cut them into little tiny pieces. And he made his really really cool dressing. What it had in it was mustard, olive oil and vinegar. Then he gave us all one fork to put the radish on the fork and then we got to dip it in the dressing and when everyone tasted it. I like it. Everyone like it. Mr. Bhadri gave us one whole radish because we like it.

A Chilly Day with Radishes by Raegan (Ms. Jackson's 4th grade class)

We've had a successful gardening season. Let me tell you about it. We harvested radishes. It was peaceful and it was chilly outside. We had to cut the radishes and taste them. In my opinion they were really good, but to some people their taste buds didn't like them. The radishes tasted dry but when I swallowed it the good taste came back. It was exciting and fascinating at the same time. I wish I could've eaten them all. They tasted refreshing.

Planting Peas in our Garden by Mrs. Stacy's 2nd Grade Class

Peas are sweet and crunchy. They're good to eat. They're called the candy of the garden. We worked very hard to grow them. We had some pea seeds and put them in the ground. Then they grew into pea vines. They grew up a tee-pee trellis made of bamboo. We watered them a little. Our garden is a very happy and healthy place. When we planted them, we planted them in squares. We used a stick to make rows for the seeds. Yesterday we harvested three each for a total of 63. They weren't even a pound. They were so green and looked like a banana or a quarter moon. Some of the seeds in the pea-pods were tiny and some were huge. They were juicy. For 14 of us, it was the first time to pick and eat peas in the garden. We planted these. Now you can try it!

Happy Salad by Makyla (4th Grade)

You should go to Eugene Field's garden. I heard that it looks good. They grew some radishes and made a salad. They had mustard greens, radishes, and strawberries. It looked good. They were about to put peas on it, but they were not ready yet. When you pick the mustard greens you have to grab the bottom of the leaf and pinch it. When you see the radish shoulders all shiny you pull it out. The salad was so good. And remember that when you get done growing your garden and you pick it, you've got to wash it off before you eat it. I'm pretty sure your salad will be as good as ours, too. You will love it!

The Things That Global Gardens Can Show You by Ms. McClain's Class (4th)

There are a few things that we want to talk about before we get to the good part. This is our first time doing a blog together. We want to tell you about how the garden's growing, some advice we have, do's and dont's for gardening, and how to harvest.

The first thing to do if you're going to read this is remember to work together to get things done. That's what we did! Our garden is doing good. Everyone is good at planting. We love our garden so remember everyone practices teamwork. Before we started we had to pull the weeds with the roots. Because if not, the weeds would grow back again. Next, add compost to the soil to keep the plants healthy and give the plants nutrients and vitamins. Then you make your rows and plant your seeds in them. You can start planting whatever you want. We planted radishes, bok choy, mustard greens and snap peas. When we were making the salad I felt like a cool kid. After we harvested the veggies, we washed them. Then Mr. Bhadri cut it up and put it in the salad spinner. Then he picked gardeners to wash the produce and push the salad spinner 5 times. And then it was ready to eat. Then Mr. Bhadri picked a gardener to pass out the plates and forks. Ms. McClain had the dressing and put it on the salads. Then we waited for everyone to get served. And then we said a short blessing. Then we were ready to eat. The salad tasted wonderful. It was so good that it could make your tastebuds tickle! If you are ever looking for a salad dressing recipe come to Mr. Bhadri. He has the best homemade salad dressing.

Here's some advice:
1) If you want to plant make sure of what seeds you're planting.
2) Keep your garden clean no matter what -- make your garden shine!
3) Every time you harvest something always share with your friends.

We hope you enjoyed this big blog from Global Gardens. Please comment any time. Thank you for letting us write to you.

A Garden Poem (Tues/Thurs After School Program)

The grass is green. I feel like I want to lean. The plants are brown and making people frown. My garden is cool. It makes me smile. The leaves are yellow and the fields are fallow. My garden is cool and so am I. But really my garden is warm because of the mulch. My garden has snow. It melts into water and makes it grow. My tree is cold and makes my garden gold. I'm growing radishes. Aren't they just dashing?

The Relaxing Garden Poem (Mon/Wed After School Program)

When I am down I go to my garden and lay on the ground. I smell the fruit and I'm filled with joy, once again. I see all the colors: red, purple, violet, orange, and green. It brings me laughter. The garden is a place to clear my thoughts, like putting plants in pots. When I look at my garden I see a rainbow of plants waiting to grow. The rain pours on all the colors of the flowers. I hear the birds chirping outside, coming to the garden. I see they're happy. The animals and insects make the garden come alive. The more you water your garden the more they grow and the better they show. I us an umbrella for the rain. The birds sit on top and watch it drain.

Ms. Jackson's Class makes mint oil! 2nd Grade

We made mint oil for our parents, so that if they have a headache they can use it. You can also use it for a toothache. The first thing that you can do to make mint oil is first plant the mint. When it all grows, you pick it, but only pick the greenest ones. Next, wash your hands and then the mint. Next, we should dry the mint by setting it on papertowel. Now put the mint in a ziplock sandwich bag. Hammer the mint in the bag to get the natural oil out of the mint. Next, put the mint into a clean jar. Next, put almond oil into the jar and fill it up to above the mint. Let it sit for 24 hours. Then, we took the lid off the jar and put cheesecloth on it and turned it upside down. Repeat the process with the same oil three times.