AVERY’S GARDEN
PROFILE
I want to work at the garden because: I want to learn as much as I can about gardening and how to care for plants, and learn what’s it’s like having a consistent job!
Two of my personal goals for working at the Dallas Youth Garden this summer are:
1. Grow a successful garden
2. Meet new people and do things out of my comfort zone
Two things I hope to learn from working at the Dallas Youth Garden are:
1. How best to take care of and love on my plants
2. What times of the year my veggies need to be planted and harvested
I think my biggest challenge will be: Keep the weeds at bay and keeping my plants healthy
My favorite vegetable or fruit is: strawberries
I hope to contribute this to the garden this year: A successful garden and a hardworking attitude!
GARDEN PLAN
Vegetables and Flowers Planted (list in order):
Zinnias
Tomato
Carrots
Carrots
Radishes
Radishes
Bachelor Buttons
Zucchini
Zucchini
Butternut Squash
Butternut Squash
Peppers
Peppers
Pattypans
Pattypans
Beets
Beets
½ row of zinnias
Rows of vegetables planted: 15
Number of different kinds of vegetables planted: 8
Planned Garden Yield: 336 lbs
Planned Biggest Producer: Zucchini
GARDEN LOG:
May 2-7: Just started. Met in the garden and then garden planning using Zoom.
May 9-15: Helped Clean up Plant Sale. Garden planning zoom meetings. Cleaned up tools
May 16-22: Started planting and watering.
May 23-30 : Halfway done with planting!
May 31-June 4: Finished planting, started on weeding, and made a sign for my garden.
June 5-12: Started laying straw down in the gardens. Started thinning radishes and beets, and weeding rows.
GARDEN PROJECTS
1. Food Assistance Visit
Date Attended:
What did I help with:
What were people like:
What I learned:
2. Recipe
Name: Zucchini bread
Ingredients: 3 eggs, 2 ¼ cup sugar, 1 cup oil, 3tsp vanilla, 2 cups grated zucchini, 3 cups flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking soda, ¼ tsp baking powder, 2 tsp cinnamon
Steps to Make it: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Blend sugar, oil, and vanilla together. Stir in grated zucchini. Mix together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon. Then, add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix well. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Let cool and enjoy!!
3. Another Project
Problem: What is the name of the problem you are trying solve
Solution: What do you think the solution or possible solutions are to the problem
Test/Activity: What did you do to test the solution
Results: What are your results
Communication: Who did you communicate this to and what did you say
4. Public Presentation
Date:
Who I Presented To:
What I talked About:
How it went:
What I learned :
MONTHLY GARDEN SUMMARY
May: Days Worked _8___ Days Off _3____ Extra Days Worked _0____ Days Late_0_____
June: Days Worked __5___ Days Off __0___ Extra Days Worked __0___ Days Late__0____
July: Days Worked _____ Days Off _____ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late______
August: Days Worked _____ Days Off _____ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late______
September: Days Worked _____ Days Off _____ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late______