GABE’S GARDEN

PROFILE

I want to work at the garden because:

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

1. Learn more agricultural skills

2. Be more social

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

1.Learn more about plants

2. Get more work experience

I think my biggest challenge will be: Trying to balance Upward Bound with DYG

My favorite vegetable or fruit is: Banana

I hope to contribute this to the garden this year: Sharing some of my agricultural skills and help out some of our new interns

 GARDEN PLAN

Vegetables and Flowers Planted (list in order):

  1. Zinnia

  2. Tomato

  3. Carrots

  4. Onions

  5. Cabbage

  6. Tomatos

  7. Lettuce

  8. Pepper

  9. Onion

  10. Carrot

  11. Radish

  12. Squash Crookneck

  13. Radish

  14. Yellow Squash

  15. Zucchini

  16. Dill

  17. Pumpkin

Rows of vegetables planted: 17

Number of different kinds of vegetables planted: 12

Planned Garden Yield: —261.78 lbs

Planned Biggest Producer: Tomatoes

GARDEN LOG

  • May 2-6:

  • May 8-13:

  • May 15-20 Planting

  • May 22-27: Replanting

  • May 28-June 4: Finished Gardening and started to help other interns in their gardens.

  • June 6-11: Weeded my whole Onion row and finishing up weeding my Zinnias.

  • June 13-18: We started to put down straw and I have finished weeding my Carrots. Picked off any flowers I seen from my squash and tomatoes.

  • June 20-25 : Got a large chunk of my Garden with straw. Harvested 3 pounds of Radishes.

  • June 27-July 2: Harvested some Radish. Weeded. Added fish fertilizers to my tomatoes and squashes

  • July 11-8: Weeded and Watered my plants

  • July 18-22: Weeded and Watered my plants and harvested some zinnias and squashes

  • July 25-29: Weeded, watered, harvested cabbages and zinnias.

  • August 5-12: Gave a tour to my cousins, aunt, uncle, and the lady over at the food bank. Weeded my carrots.

  • August 15-19: Harvested more tomatoes. Weeded. Watered.

  • August 22-26: Went to a field trip to the Food bank.

  • August 29-September 2. Harvested +100 pounds of tomatoes . Took some zinnias and onions home

  • September 5-9: Watered and harvested some zinnias.

  • September 12-16: harvested all of my lettuce and onions

  • September 19-23: Most of my tomatoes were gone and so were my squashes

  • September 26-30: Pulled tarps and cleaned up

  • October 2-7: Pulled the tarps to cover the garden bed

Final Thoughts:


My favorite garden vegetable was: Tomatoes
Because: It was my biggest producer
I harvested +100 pounds of produce from my garden.
My favorite job was: Working with my dad
My least favorite job was: DYG
I could have done better at: Keeping up with weeds
I did the best I could doing: Watering and managing this job with college stuff
The two things I learned most at the garden this year were:
1. Pumpkins can runoff
2. Tomatoes can be shaped very weird

GARDEN PROJECTS

1.Project One

Organic Fertilizers: Banana Tea.

Question/Problem(s) Proposed: Other methods of using non chemical fertilizers

Answer(s) I found: Recipe for Banana Tea

URL Reference: https://youtube.com/shorts/DO7_uBrrFPs?feature=share

2. Resipe

Name: Banana Protein Brownies

Vegetable Used: None

Ingredients: 2 ripe banana, 2 scoops of chocolate protein powder, almond/ peanut butter

Steps to Make it:

Preheat the oven at 375 degrees

Mash the bananas with a fork until it’s a paste.

Mix in your choice of chocolate protein powder and almond/ peanut butter

Pour the batter into a baking pan lined with parchment paper

Bake at 375 degrees for 25-30 mins

Opinion:

3. Another Project

Solar energy

Problem: Other ways of using electricity and energy without harming the environment

Solution: Turning into a alternative renewable energy

Test/Activity: All information is in this canva slideshow

https://www.canva.com/design/DAFpqg7JLAE/Rbd7kPuMBJ0oup68WENJ4Q/edit?utm_content=DAFpqg7JLAE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

Results:

Communication:

MONTHLY GARDEN SUMMARY

May: Days Worked ____5_ Days Off _____ Extra Days Worked __0___ Days Late___0____ Total Produce(Pounds):____

June: Days Worked __10___ Days Off _____ Extra Days Worked __0___ Days Late_____1__ Total Produce(Pounds):_1.3LBS ___

July: Days Worked ____9_ Days Off __1___ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late_______ Total Produce(Pounds):14.1lbs____

August: Days Worked ____12_ Days Off ____1_ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late_______ Total Produce(Pounds):246.38LBS ____

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