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November
2013
NOT FAIR...GREAT!NOT FAIR...GREAT!NOT FAIR...GREAT!NOT FAIR...GREAT! Highland students picked and entered school grown vegetables for the Highland County Fair. Out of eight entries, our green beans earned a third place ribbon. The garden project educa-tional exhibit won a blue ribbon. The prize money will be used to fund future school garden activities.
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A GREENHOUSE MAKEOVERA GREENHOUSE MAKEOVERA GREENHOUSE MAKEOVERA GREENHOUSE MAKEOVER
During the month of October, students and volunteers helped restore the school greenhouse. They replaced the rotting foundation, torn plastic covering, leaking water pipes and built new end walls, complete with a student painted mural. The new greenhouse has a double layer of plastic for better insulation and side curtains which raise and lower for air circulation and temperature control. Future upgrades for the greenhouse will include a heater and irrigation system as well as improvements to the ventilation and electrical systems. Thanks to the students, staff, volunteers, donors, and local
businesses that helped with the renovation!
November 2013
For more informa�on about the
school garden, please contact
Jessa Fowler, Local Foods Coordi-
nator/Phase II AMS Fellow
(468-1922) or Paxton Grant,
Extension Technician (468-2225).
August 2013
FALL PLANTINGFALL PLANTINGFALL PLANTINGFALL PLANTING This fall, students in Mr. Heavner’s Natural Re-sources class broke ground on the school’s perennial garden. They planted a persimmon tree, several varieties of berries and prepared a new gar-den plot for sprawling plants like pumpkins.
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Mrs. Foster’s Kindergarten students har-vested, sorted and tasted fresh carrots from the garden. They also took a field trip to Allegheny Mountain School to harvest the potatoes they planted in the spring as preschoolers. Students from Mrs. Leech’s fourth grade class picked the last of the season’s pro-duce and prepared the garden for winter.
