The Garden Club has begun to clean out the gardens around the school.  We have weeded 3 boxes so far.  While weeding we play with the worms and smell the soil.  Farmers smell their soil as well.  When it smells sweet, the fungus in the soil is the way it should be.  When the soil smells sour, it might not be good planting soil.  There were a lot of weeds coming up with the unseasonably warm weather.  We placed the weeds in our compost bin and turned the bin, putting the rich soil at the bottom into our herb garden.

We planted seed in the classroom so that they will be ready to transplant after spring break.  Germination has been very successful and we are watering the seedlings with water from a rain barrel.  No chemicals on our plants!

We have cucumber, heirloom tomato, squash, parsley, basil, and cilantro to eat, and zinnia, cosmos, and morning glory for beautification. We hope to get the morning glory covering the fence down to the playground. I also have a new spearmint plant in the room that we will sample in coming weeks.

The chives and mint  perennials are making a strong comeback in our outdoor gardens.  Now if  the weather will stay warm, we will be on our way to another beautiful spring in the gardens.