August 2013 THE GARDEN GETS BIGGER THE GARDEN GETS BIGGER THE GARDEN GETS BIGGER THE GARDEN GETS BIGGER The Highland County School Board approved the addition of more garden space in the fenced area north of the greenhouse. The space will provide a home for flowers, fruit trees, berries, sprawling pumpkin plants and more. What will the new space look like? You tell us. We hope to work with classes to design the new space in September. PRODUCE APLENTY PRODUCE APLENTY PRODUCE APLENTY PRODUCE APLENTY Since June, students harvested over 35 pounds of produce from the school garden. In addition to taking the vegetables they picked home, the students also sold lettuce at the Highland Farmers’ Market. The profit from these vegetable sales will buy supplies to keep the garden going. The Highland Center’s local food event on August 16, Taste of Highland, will feature herbs from the garden. IT’S FAIR TIME! IT’S FAIR TIME! IT’S FAIR TIME! IT’S FAIR TIME! We want to show the community what we’ve been doing! Students are invited to enter school garden vegetables in the Highland County Fair on Tuesday, August 27. Stay tuned for more info! Highland County Highland County Highland County Highland County School Garden Newsletter School Garden Newsletter School Garden Newsletter School Garden Newsletter IN THE GARDEN IN THE GARDEN IN THE GARDEN IN THE GARDEN School is out for the summer, but gardening is in! Several groups visited the school garden and greenhouse this summer to pick produce, weed, water, and learn about raising vegetables. Summer reading and math camp students transplanted vegetables started by the high school agriculture class in April, learned about different parts of plants and harvested lettuce. The Animal 4-H Club picked and snacked on fresh peas, beans, and our first cucumber and painted the front of the greenhouse in preparation for the fair. Students from the Highland Public Library Summer Reading Program discov- ered “The Dirt on Dirt.” These students took soil samples and measured soil texture by making a “mud milkshake” and conducting the squeeze test and the ribbon test. Summer Camp students plant broccoli in the raised beds. Jack Herold shows off fresh green beans he picked as part of the Summer Reading Program. Animal 4-H Club members take a break from weeding and harvesting to take a group photo in front of the bean and cucumber trellis. Ethan Smith, a member of the fourth grade in-school 4-H club, sells lettuce at the Farmers’ Market. For more information about the School Garden, please contact Jessa Fowler, Local Foods Coordinator/ Phase II AMS Fellow (468-1922) or Paxton Grant, Extension Technician (468-2225).

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August

2013

THE GARDEN GETS BIGGERTHE GARDEN GETS BIGGERTHE GARDEN GETS BIGGERTHE GARDEN GETS BIGGER The Highland County School Board approved the addition of more gar-den space in the fenced area north of the greenhouse. The space will provide a home for flowers, fruit trees, berries, sprawling pumpkin plants and more. What will the new space look like? You tell us. We hope to work with classes to design the new space in September.

PRODUCE APLENTYPRODUCE APLENTYPRODUCE APLENTYPRODUCE APLENTY Since June, students harvested over 35 pounds of produce from the school gar-den. In addition to taking the vegetables they picked home, the students also sold lettuce at the Highland Farmers’ Market. The profit from these vegetable sales will buy supplies to keep the garden going. The Highland Center’s local food event on August 16, Taste of Highland, will feature herbs from the garden.

IT’S FAIR TIME!IT’S FAIR TIME!IT’S FAIR TIME!IT’S FAIR TIME! We want to show the community what we’ve been doing! Students are invited to enter school garden vegetables in the Highland County Fair on Tuesday, August 27. Stay tuned for more info!

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IN THE GARDENIN THE GARDENIN THE GARDENIN THE GARDEN

School is out for the summer, but gardening is in! Several groups visited the school garden and greenhouse this summer to pick produce, weed, water, and learn about raising vegetables. Summer reading and math camp students transplanted vegetables started by the high school agriculture class in April, learned about different parts of plants and harvested lettuce. The Animal 4-H Club picked and snacked on fresh peas, beans, and our first cucumber and painted the front of the greenhouse in preparation for the fair. Students from the Highland Public Library Summer Reading Program discov-ered “The Dirt on Dirt.” These students took soil samples and measured soil texture by making a “mud milkshake” and conducting the squeeze test and the ribbon test.

Summer Camp students plant broccoli in the raised beds.

Jack Herold shows off fresh green beans he picked as part of the Summer Reading Program.

Animal 4-H Club members take a break from weeding and harvesting to take a group photo in front of the bean and cucumber trellis.

Ethan Smith, a member of the fourth grade in-school 4-H club, sells lettuce at the Farmers’ Market.

For more information

about the School

Garden, please contact

Jessa Fowler, Local

Foods Coordinator/

Phase II AMS Fellow

(468-1922) or Paxton

Grant, Extension