I hope everyone is having a lovely Valentine’s Day!
This morning was the first day I had been to the Sanderlin
garden since helping to dig it out and refill it with delicious mulch, logs,
more mulch, fish and shrimp, more mulch, and finally a layer of the kind of good
rich soil that is hard to find here in Florida.
And the soil will only get better from here on out as we continue to
pump rich organic matter into it! It has
really come into its own as Kate did a wonderful job photo-documenting (please
see the last post for the beautiful pictures) and now we have plants in the
ground!
For our first class of the year, Brad, Nate, and I were
sprung with a double-class of sixth graders.
I was a bit nervous about this as last semester I had only worked with
kindergardeners and 1st graders, but I quickly overcame my trepidation
when the class poured out into the garden just bubbling with excitement and
curiosity. We welcomed them to the
garden and had them in a big ring all the way around the garden as we introduced
ourselves and the project.
Next was our modified garden-knowledge red-light-green-light
game which was over faster than expected due to how much many of the kids
already know about gardening and plants.
This opened up plenty of time for us to split into three groups and wander
through the garden, conversing about what plants were what, which were our
favorites, and what we wanted to see in the future.
So, for Valentine’s Day I got to fall in love all over again
with a gorgeous new garden and an inspired new class! It’s going to be a great year.
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