EMMA’S GARDEN

PROFILE

I want to work at the garden because: It’s a great learning opportunity in gardening and a work environment.

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

1. Get better with my gardening skills

2. Having a successful garden

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

1. How to work in a job setting

2. Time management

I think my biggest challenge will be: Making sure I don’t slack off.

My favorite vegetable or fruit is: Asparagus

I hope to contribute this to the garden this year: Good leadership and a great garden.

 GARDEN PLAN

Vegetables and Flowers Planted (list in order):

  1. Zinnias

  2. Marigolds

  3. Yellow squash

  4. Radish

  5. Onions

  6. Peppers

  7. Tomato’s

  8. Cabbage

  9. Cabbage

  10. Dill

  11. Zucchini

  12. Beets

  13. Lettuce

  14. Butternut squash

  15. Beans

  16. Turnips

  17. Dill

  18. Patty pans

Rows of vegetables planted: 18

Number of different kinds of vegetables planted: 16

Planned Garden Yield: — 375

Planned Biggest Producer: Cabbage

GARDEN LOG

  • May 2-6:

  • May 8-13:

  • May 15-20 Planting

  • May 22-27: Replanting

  • May 30- June 3: Finish garden

  • June 6th-10th: Started weeding, spent a lot of time on marigolds

  • June 13th-17th: Placed Tomato Cages and weeded dill

  • June 20th-24th: Laid a lot of straw in my garden, and everyone else’s

  • June 27th-July 1st: I was absent

  • July 4th-8th: I weeded my dill and we finished laying straw

  • July 11th-15th: Weeded my peppers and marigolds

  • July 18th-22nd: Completely weeded my onions

  • July 25th-29th: Did upkeep on my marigolds, took a couple days off.

  • August 1st-5th: Weeded A Lot And Did The Open house

  • August 8th-12th: Harvested Lots of beans and zucchini

  • August 15th-19th: Weeded tomatoes and squash, harvested most of my cabbage

  • August 22nd-26th: Helped with other peoples gardens

  • August 29th- September 2nd: Weeded around the garden and harvested tomatoes

  • September 5th-9th: Watered And Picked. Prepared For The End Of The Season. I was absent Saturday.

  • September 12th-17: Just harvested and helped people that needed help

  • September 19th-23rd: Didn't work that Saturday.

  • September 26th-30th: Completely cleared out garden, and got ready to put it away for the year.

Final Thoughts:


My favorite garden vegetable was: Cabbage
Because: Mine turned out big and beautiful, I loved watching them grow.
I harvested __181___ pounds of produce from my garden.
My favorite job was: Harvesting
My least favorite job was: Laying straw
I could have done better at: Weeding
I did the best I could: helping those around me
The two things I learned most at the garden this year were:
1. time management
2. how to maintain a garden

GARDEN PROJECTS

1.Project One:

Question/Problem(s) Proposed: How do you know when a hot pepper is ripe?

Answer(s) I found: Almost all peppers go through some sort of color change. You can harvest them at any point but it’s preferable to wait until after they have changed color. If it doesn’t change color than just wait 90-150 days and it should be ripe.

URL Reference: https://peppergeek.com/harvesting-peppers/

2. Resipe

Name: Chicken nugget salad

Ingredients: salad mix, cucumber, bell pepper, avocado, apple, radish (from garden), chicken nuggets, and dressing of your choice

Steps to Make it: Make chicken nuggets, Cut up veggies, toss greens and veggies, put chicken nuggets on top and finish with some dressing

Would I make it again: Yes this is a very common dinner in my household

What would i change: I’d add more veggies to it

3. Recipe

Name: Salsa

Ingredients: Tomato’s and hot peppers from garden, garlic, red onion, garlic powder, salt, pepper, chili powder, parsley and a squeeze of lime.

Steps to make it: Dice tomatoes, peppers, garlic, and onion and throw it in a bowl. Make sure you get as much of the tomato juice in the bowl as possible. Get a fork and lightly mash it all to make it more of a soupy consistency, but keeping the chunks. Afterwords add all the seasonings, your squeeze of lime, and mix well. Let sit for a day or two in the fridge. Serve with chips and enjoy.

Would i make it again: Yes absolutely, this was a very simple but very good salsa.

What would i change: I probably would have put cilantro in there if i had it.

MONTHLY GARDEN SUMMARY

May: Days Worked _11____ Days Off __0___ Extra Days Worked _0____ Days Late 0____ Total Produce(Pounds):__0__

June: Days Worked __13_ Days Off __1___ Extra Days Worked __0___ Days Late___0____ Total Produce(Pounds):__8.0_

July: Days Worked _9___ Days Off ___3_ Extra Days Worked __1___ Days Late___0____ Total Produce(Pounds):__45.7__

August: Days Worked ___11__ Days Off ___2__ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late__0_____ Total Produce(Pounds):_128___

September: Days Worked __3___ Days Off _____ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late_______ Total Produce(Pounds):____