The Principal and the Peas

The Vanished Artichokes

The Interview

You might think that the principal of FTE is always busy with paperwork and economy can't work in the garden, but he still does it. When we interviewed him, Mr. McCasland told us, "As far as I'm concerned, the black eyed peas and the cow peas did very well, but the best growing plant had to be the okra because it produced the most and it's used to the summer heat. You could find okra in the tropics."  Sadly, the artichokes did not do very well, they died :( . More coming up on the garden soon!!!!!

Weeds and magnifying glasses

               

Over the summer the garden had a bunch of unwelcome weeds come in and take all of the nutrients and water, like the weeds they are. So the fifth graders decided to take matters into their own hands and pulled all the weeds.

Also, as you can see above, the fifth graders were looking at plants using magnifying glasses. One of them found a little grubby insect, and we saw it move. There were alot of interesting things.

Garden prepares do start another cycle

Despite the drought this summer and the extreme heat, the garden was extremely fruitful. There was a large harvest and a family of mice were sighted. But not all the garden plants were successful, though some are suspected to have been bothered by the mice. Most of the plants were dried out and have not had any water. We suppose the plants will grow to be healthy, and the tomatoes will get ripe.

 

 

Ghoulish Garden

The FTE garden once beautiful has now taken a turn for the worst. The garden had been holding out over the summer, but thanks to the drought and dryness here in Austin, the plants are starting to die and some are way over grown. But I guess that's what to expect at the end of the growing season. There are new plans for the garden though. Our wonderful booster club is funding FTE so that students can plant new and different plants. Also, if FTE can get a grant of money, we can increase the garden size.