TIFFANY’S GARDEN

PROFILE

I want to work at the garden because: So that I can learn and be a better gardener.

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

1. Have fun.

2. Learn as much as I can about gardening.

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

1.Learn how to plant many different kinds of plants.

2. Learn to be a better leader.

I think my biggest challenge will be: Making sure that the plants have enough water when it gets really hot out.

My favorite vegetable or fruit is: My favorite is strawberries

I hope to contribute this to the garden this year: Being a good leader and friend.

 GARDEN PLAN

Vegetables and Flowers Planted (list in order):

  1. Marigold

  2. Crookneck Squash

  3. Radish

  4. Zucchini

  5. Dill

  6. Yellow Crookneck

  7. Beans

  8. Tomato

  9. Cabbage

  10. Zinnia

  11. Pepper

  12. Onion

  13. Carrot

  14. Lettuce

  15. Lettuce

  16. Carrot

  17. Zinnia

Rows of vegetables planted: 17

Number of different kinds of vegetables planted: 15

Planned Garden Yield: —310

Planned Biggest Producer: Zucchini: 50

GARDEN LOG

  • May 2-6:

  • May 8-13: Planting

  • May 15-20 Planting

  • May 22-27: Replanting

  • May 29-June 3: We were weeding, watering, and some of us are finishing planting.

  • June 5-June 10: We are all done planting. Now we are weeding and starting to put down straw.

  • June 12-June 17: We are still weeding and laying down straw.

  • June 19-June 24: We were laying down straw for most of the week, while some of us keep weeding to lay down more straw.

  • June 26-July 1: We are finishing up harvesting our radishes, and still laying down straw but we did finish a few of the gardens.

  • July 3- July 8: We finished putting down straw, and now are just watering and pulling weeds.

  • July 10- July 15: We are still just pulling weeds and watering.

  • July 17- July 22: We are still just doing the same thing.

  • July 24- July 29: I was gone at camp

  • July 31- August 5: We are still just doing the same thing. I was also gone the 5th. the 5th was the open house.

  • August 7-August 12: we are just watering and weeding still.

  • August 13-August 19: I am just picking, weeding, and watering. We also marked what plants we aren’t going to have anymore.

  • August 21-August 26: I am still just doing the some things but we did weed wack the rows that we didn’t want to keep.

  • August 28-September 2: Tuesday was the only day that I worked because we had Thursday off from work because it was raining, and Saturday was optional

    day. I also went to Silverwood On Saturday. All We did on Tuesday was pick everything and do a little bit of watering.

  • September 4-September 9: On Tuesday and Thursday we did a bit of watering on the squash and tomatoes and we picked a lot of things. We also took down some of the been plants. On Saturday was are party and so the first hour we worked and the second hour we made salsa and ate some food.

  • September 12-September 16: We did more watering. We also were pulling out the cages on the dead tomatoes. We also chopped up the cabbage.

  • September 18-September 23: We worked on Tuesday and Saturday. We chopped the pepper plants, and watered.

  • September 25-September 30: We took down cages and we only have one week left.

  • October 2- October 7: We put the tarps down.

Final Thoughts:


My favorite garden vegetable was: Even though I don’t like tomatoes, that was my favorite thing to grow.
Because: They are pretty easy and all you need to do is to keep them watered and weeded and they will produce a lot.
I harvested 246.6 pounds of produce from my garden.
My favorite job was: Harvesting
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. How to grow a lot of things.
2. Learned to work better with people.

GARDEN PROJECTS

1.Project One

Question/Problem(s) Proposed: What is mulch?

Answer(s) I found: Mulch is something that you cover your soil. Mulching helps make the soil even better than it was before. I also helps all the nutrients in the ground. There are multiple different kinds of mulch like compost, wood chips, cardboard and even seaweed.

URL Reference: https://www.almanac.com/types-mulch-advantages-and-disadvantages-mulching

2. Recipe

Name: Radish Dip

Vegetable Used: Radish

Ingredients: 1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, 1/2 tsp celery salt, dash paprika, 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce,1 cup of finely chopped radishes, and 1/4 cup of finely chopped onions.

Steps to Make it: Mix cream cheese, softened butter, celery, salt, paprika, and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl until smooth. Next stir in the radishes and onions. Last thing to do is let it chill for several hours so that the flavors can blend together.

Opinion: It was really good.

3. Another Project: Recipe

Name: Bruschetta

Vegetable Used: Tomato

Ingredients: bread, tomato, cheese, dano seasoning, Basil.

Steps to make it: Start by heating up a pan on the stove at about medium high heat. next you cut the tomatoes into tiny squares. then you put some cheese on the pan but make sure it is about the some size as the piece of bread. after that you need to pt some dano seasoning on the cheese, then put the piece o bread on top o the cheese. let it cook for about 45 seconds then flip the piece of bread over with the cheese on it. Let the other side of the bread cook for a few minutes so that it is a little crunchy. when it is done yo can put it on a plate and then put the tomato and basil on top. Then enjoy!

Opinion: it is really good. I would make it without tomato mostly because I don’t like tomatoes.

MONTHLY GARDEN SUMMARY

May: Days Worked __13__ Days Off __0__ Extra Days Worked ___2__ Days Late___1____ Total Produce(Pounds):____

June: Days Worked __13___ Days Off ___0__ Extra Days Worked ___0__ Days Late____0___ Total Produce(Pounds): 5.2 pounds

July: Days Worked __10___ Days Off ___3__ Extra Days Worked ___0__ Days Late___0____ Total Produce(Pounds): 79.6 pounds

August: Days Worked __9___ Days Off ___4__ Extra Days Worked ___0__ Days Late___0____ Total Produce(Pounds):161.8 pounds

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

Total Produce: 246.6 pounds