Welcome! This blog follows the building, cultivating, and harvesting of the Lakewood Elementary schoolyard garden in St. Petersburg, Florida. Since January 2009, the Edible Peace Patch Project has been developing innovative community-oriented food system and nutrition educational programs in south St. Petersburg, Florida. Lakewood Elementary is the 1st school to participate in our Garden Education Program!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Oh What a Beautiful day!
Today was an exponentially beautiful day! The cold has sort of stunted the growth of our crops, but as we begin to see life come out of the raw soil I can a light at the end of the rainy season. The kindergardeners planted watermelon about a month ago and now they are just starting to grow, though very slowly I see progress. Each monday afternoon the kindergardeners come walking out to us with innocent looks on their faces just asking to be filled with knowledge. With the sun shining anything is possible! The sunflowers may look dead but there are some signs of colorful life exploding into the gray and brown wintery garden. We are hoping more sunflowers will grow to give the garden the brilliant aesthetics it had last semester. Friday mornings are quite peaceful as we worked to pull weeds and water the slightly struggling new plants. All will be well though as the temperatures are promised to rise from now on out. YAY!!!
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