The Story of the Seed Project Makes Full Use of WGHS GOLD Main Garden

This weekend my Biology 1-2 students and I planted over a hundred young Brassica oleracea plants into the main garden. Cultivars planted include "Pixie" cabbage, "Di Ciccio" broccoli, and "Purple Vienna" kohlrabi. Many thanks to the student volunteers--Leah, David, Savannah, Cole, and James--who came out last weekend to help prepare the boxes by pulling weeds and cutting up plant residues from the previous crop (used now as a mulch for the present crop). Here's how things looked as of around noon today.

The Brassica oleracea crop is the heart of The Story of the Seed  project.

The Black-Eyed susan is still carrying cheerful yellow blooms.

A border has been added to the back of the bed along the chain link fence to prevent soil loss.

The buckwheat persists--it is now in its fourth generation.

Here is a shot of the buckwheat growing up against the aforementioned  border.

Above are shots of the healthiest tomato plant and a box full of  the tomatoes that were harvested from this plant today.

If you would like some of these luscious fruits, stop by the garden tomorrow between 10 and 10:45 a.m.--I'll be out there keeping our Brassica babies cool and hydrated.

The Story of the Seed: Time to Get Growing

Students in Mr. Bursch's Biology 1-2 class will soon be making full use of the WGHS GOLD main garden site to conduct the outdoor portion of a yearlong project in which they follow the life of a domesticated plant from seed to seed.

The seeds have already been sprouted and will be transplanted outside in four weeks. For more detailed information on The Story of the Seed project, visit the project website at http://storyoftheseed.blogspot.com/.