CLAIRE’S GARDEN

PROFILE

I want to work at the garden because: I want to continue learning about gardening and work experience.

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

  1. Keeping my garden weeded and healthy.

  2. I wanna be able to be comfortable working with others.

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

  1. Job experience

  2. Working with a team

I think my biggest challenge will be: I think my biggest challenge will be my motivation and ability to keep my garden healthy.

My favorite vegetable or fruit is: Watermelon

I hope to contribute this to the garden this year: I hope to help others when needed and be a good influence on my coworkers.

 GARDEN PLAN

Vegetables and Flowers Planted (list in order):

  1. Zinnias

  2. Peppers

  3. Radish

  4. Radish

  5. Dill

  6. Squash Yellow

  7. Squash Yellow

  8. Beans

  9. Beats

  10. Zucchini

  11. Tomato

  12. Pumpkin

  13. Tomato

  14. Onion

  15. Lettuce

  16. Acorn squash

Rows of vegetables planted: 16

Number of different kinds of vegetables planted: 11

Planned Garden Yield: — 93lbs

Planned Biggest Producer: Squash

Changes in my plan during planting:

GARDEN LOG

  • May 2-4:

  • May 7-12:

  • May 14-19:

  • May 20-26:

  • May 27-June 2: I watered and started laying down hay.

  • June 3-9: We laid down hay and watered.

  • June 10-16: I weeded, watered and put down hay.

  • June 17-23: We put down hay and watered our gardens.

  • June 24-30: We finished putting down hay, I weeded and watered.

  • July 1-7: I weeded and watered.

  • July 8-14: I watered, picked and weeded.

  • July 15-21: I watered and weeded.

  • July 22-28: I picked, watered and weeded.

  • July 29-August 4: I watered, picked and weeded.

  • August 5-11: I picked beans, weeded and watered.

  • August 12-18: I weeded, watered and picked.

  • August 19-25: We watered, weeded and picked.

  • August 26 September 1: We picked, watered and weeded.

  • September 2-8: We watered and picked.

Final Thoughts:


My favorite garden vegetable was: Beans
Because: Beans are my favorite because they did really well this year.
I harvested ___93__ pounds of produce from my garden.
My favorite job was: My favorite job was weeding because I didn’t have to stand in one place the whole time, unlike watering.
My least favorite job was: I didn’t like watering because it was so tedious.
I could have done better at: I think I could have taken more time to water and care for my garden.
I did the best I could doing: I did the best I could do with weeding compared to last year.
The two things I learned most at the garden this year were:
1. Squash bugs like to lay their eggs under squash leaves
2. I learned more gardening skills

GARDEN PROJECTS

1.Project One

Question/Problem(s) Proposed: Why are my plants leaves turning yellow?

Answer(s) I found: One of the reasons my squash leaves are yellow is because of over watering. There are many other reasons for the leaves to turn yellow such as not enough nutrients, disease, insects, and not enough Sun.

URL Reference: https://www.thespruce.com/squash-leaves-turning-yellow-7965917

2. Resipe

Name: Baked Parmesan Yellow Squash Recipe

Vegetable Used: Summer Squash

Ingredients: Summer Squash, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, salt and pepper

Steps to Make it: First you cut the squash into slices then put them on a baking sheet. Next you use a small spoon to put Parmesan cheese on the squash slices. You can add garlic powder, salt, pepper and whatever else you want to try. Lastly you baked them until the cheese is melted and the squash is soft.

Opinion: I couldn’t taste the squash, it just tasted like pizza in a way. The texture was squishy, wet and crispy in some areas. Overall it was okay, it’s not something I would make again but I’m glad a got to try it.

3. Another Project

Question/Problem(s) Proposed: Why do squash bugs lay eggs on squash leaves?

Answer(s) I found: Squash bugs like to lay eggs on squash leaves because it provides shelter, food and protection. Squash bugs lay eggs in small clusters usually on the vein of squash leaves.

URL Reference:https://extension.umn.edu/fruit-and-vegetable-insects/squash-bugs

MONTHLY GARDEN SUMMARY

May: Days Worked __8___ Days Off ___1__ Extra Days Worked ____ Days Late_______ Total Produce(Pounds):__0__

June: Days Worked __13___ Days Off __0___ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late_______ Total Produce(Pounds):__.4

July: Days Worked __12___ Days Off __1___ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late______ Total Produce(Pounds):_21__

August: Days Worked __13___ Days Off __1___ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late_______ Total Produce(Pounds):_57_

September: Days Worked __3__ Days Off _____ Extra Days Worked _____ Days Late______ Total Produce(Pounds):__24__