AUNA’S GARDEN

PROFILE

I want to work at the garden because: I like plants and I want to be able to help people.

Two of my personal goals for working at the Dallas Youth Garden this summer are:

  1. Expand my social skills

  2. Help the people who need to be helped

Two things I hope to learn from working at the Dallas Youth Garden are:

  1. How to ask for help when needed

  2. how to take care of a variety of plants

I think my biggest challenge will be: Asking for help when it is needed.

My favorite vegetable or fruit is: Strawberries.

I hope to contribute this to the garden this year: Good participation and lots of vegetables.

 GARDEN PLAN

Vegetables and Flowers Planted (list in order):

  1. Zinnia

  2. Acorn squash

  3. Beans

  4. Beets

  5. Carrots

  6. Cabbage

  7. Tomatoes

  8. Lettuce

  9. Peppers

  10. Zucchini

  11. Crookneck squash

  12. Patty Pans

  13. Marigold

  14. Dill

  15. Radishes

Rows of vegetables planted: 15

Number of different kinds of vegetables planted: 15

Planned Garden Yield: — 152 lbs

Planned Biggest Producer: Zucchini

GARDEN LOG

  • May 2-6: I started planting my first 4 rows.

  • May 8-13: Planting rows 5-8

  • May 15-20: Planting rows 9-12

  • May 22-27: Finish planting

  • May 29-June 3: Made a sign for my garden, helped others plant, and weeded.

  • June 5-10: Weeded, laid hay, and replanted a plant.

  • June 12-17: Watered, weeded, and relaid hay.

  • June 19-24: Laid hay, watered, harvested radishes, and weeded.

  • June 26-July 1: Fertilized plants, harvested radishes, weeded, and watered.

  • July 3-8: Harvested zucchini and lettuce, weeded and watered.

  • July 9-15th: Harvested zucchini, lettuce, and patty pans, weeded, and watered.

  • July 16-22: Harvested crooknecks, zucchini, patty pans, and beets, and watered.

  • July 23-29: Harvested zucchini, patty pans, crooknecks, and watered.

  • July 30-August 5: Took this week off due to illness.

  • August 6-12: Harvested beans, cabbage, Summer Squashes, watered, and visited the resource center.

  • August 13-19: Harvested beans and Summer Squash, weeded, watered, and visited the food bank

  • August 20-26: Harvested beans, summer squash, and carrots, weeded and watered.

  • August 27- September 2: Harvested summer squash, weeded and watered.

  • September 3-9: Harvested summer squash, tomatoes and beans, weeded and watered.

  • September 10-16: Harvested summer squash and tomatoes, weeded and watered.

  • September 17-23:Harvested beans, tomatoes, and summer squash, watered and weeded

  • September 24-30: Pulled fences and cages, picked what was left.

  • October 1-7: Pulled tarps.

Final Thoughts:


My favorite garden vegetable was: Beans
Because: They are my favorite vegetable.
I harvested __316___ pounds of produce from my garden.
My favorite job was: harvesting beans.
My least favorite job was: Weeding
I could have done better at: Weeding
I did the best I could doing: Watering
The two things I learned most at the garden this year were:
1. Be honest about things you may need help with
2. Make sure to stay social.

GARDEN PROJECTS

1.Project One

Question/Problem(s) Proposed: What are Organic Fertilizers?

Answer(s) I found: An organic fertilizer is a fertilizer that is derived from organic sources, including organic compost, cattle manures, poultry droppings and domestic sewage. We use these because they are less harmful to the plants.

URL Reference: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/organic-fertilizer#:~:text=An%20organic%20fertilizer%20is%20a,poultry%20droppings%20and%20domestic%20sewage.

2. Resipe

Name: Garden Salad

Vegetable Used: Zucchini and lettuce

Ingredients: Lettuce, zucchini, tomatoes, ranch, and Parmesan cheese.

Steps to Make it: Cut up the vegetables, then put them in a bowl and toss them. Add the cheese and ranch, then enjoy.

Opinion: It was pretty good, I would add more tomatoes though.

3. Another Project

Problem: My carrots are wrapping around each other.

Solution: Thin them better.

Test/Activity: Half of the row that was thinned better had bigger carrots and they weren’t wrapped around each other.

Results: Better looking carrots.

MONTHLY GARDEN SUMMARY

May: Days Worked __12___ Days Off __0___ Extra Days Worked __1___ Days Late___0____ Total Produce(Pounds):__0__

June: Days Worked _13____ Days Off __0___ Extra Days Worked ___0__ Days Late____0___ Total Produce(Pounds):_.9___

July: Days Worked ___8__ Days Off ___5__ Extra Days Worked __1___ Days Late___0____ Total Produce(Pounds):__112.8__

August: Days Worked __10___ Days Off __1___ Extra Days Worked __0___ Days Late___0____ Total Produce(Pounds):_202.3___

September: Days Worked __9___ Days Off ___0__ Extra Days Worked __5___ Days Late____0___ Total Produce(Pounds):____