I love SPRING!
DID I MENTION…
I LOVE SPRING!
And I Love to GARDEN!
This Spring I taught my students how to recycle water bottles into seed germinators!
I Love Spring!
I am an AVID Gardener!
LOVE to get my fingers in the dirt.
We call my hubby “FARMER WITHOUT A FARM!”
We are “suburbanites” with a backyard farm.
Chickens included!
Black Chicken
Sunshine – white chicken
More on that later.
This year we installed
PALLET GARDENS!
Grow plants in a PALLET GARDEN!
So easy!
Lay down wooden pallet.
Fill with potting soil & steer manure.
Plant!
We did seeds.
And more seeds. (Rotate your crops)
We didn’t have a lot of room for “vines”.. so we did NOT
grow pumpkins.
We did grow some BEAUTIFUL SUNFLOWERS in the
back.
They need A LOT OF room. They got 10-12 feet TALL!
Check out my Sunflower Seeds Plant Unit. AWESOME!
Grow vegetables that you eat.
I wanted to show the kids
ROOTS, STEMS, LEAVES, FLOWERS, etc.
Choose plants that will help with that!
It’s SPRING!
Time for new growth!
We also made individual planters for the kids to take
home.
As we had been studying EARTH DAY…
We RECYCLED
water bottles as seed planters!
Recycled Water bottles for planting.
Start with water bottles.
Cut them in half.
Poke a hole in the lid.
Tie a knot in string & thread through the hole.
When lid is ON…string hangs DOWN.
Flip the TOP of bottle..into the bottom.
The bottom will hold the water.
Cut bottles in half. Add soil.
Add soil.
And seeds to top.
Fill the bottom with water.
The string acts like a wick…to water itself!
Recycled water bottles with seeds.
We have sprouts!
Soon… sprouts!
We took them HOME at OPEN HOUSE!
The kids were SO excited to show off their garden.
Maybe THEY will become
MASTER GARDENERS
some day!
Happy Dance!
In honor of my
CHICKENS…
Chicken Dance is FREE!
Chicken Dance Word Game from 1stgradefireworks
Happy Spring to all!
Wendy
I love to garden too Wendy, and your pallet garden looks awesome! I wouldn't have thought of that, but I like that the slats in the pallet provide a "safe" place to walk without little feet trampling all the plants.
Chicken Dance looks like a hit!!! So much fun for sure, thanks for sharing!
Elaine
LOVE your gardening ideas! Thank you for the Chicken Dance Freebie. I need to do it with my class.