New Gardening Project

Today's gardening experience me, my fellow peers and the youth from the community once again took a look at how are wonderful sunflower seeds were doing and thankfully they were still growing, from the looks of things by the end of the month if not before then we should have some pretty sunflower, we also took the time to start a new project and planted okra, squash and collards right next to the sunflowers. Due the hot weather it was decided that that we would call it a day for gardening once we finished our new project. Today the number of kids started out low but the few we did have were very proud and excited about the growth of our sunflowers and even took pictures next to them. Today was a great example and proof of why gardening with the children is such a good idea it not only gives them something to do but also gives them something to look forward to and teaches them somehing they may never learn at home or at school.

Gardening without the Kids!

Today at the garden my fellow peers and I went and looked at how our sunflowers were doing since the last time we saw them, fortunately they were doing well however they did need a little watering so we took the time to water them. Sadly today the kids from the community that we usually work with did not show up until the last 10 minutes of us being there, which only allowed them time to take a look at how much the plants had grown from last week.

However, it was today that we learned when working with other programs and groups of people that they tend not to show up at times or at all and you simply have to roll with the punches and improvise despite their attendance. Luckily today there was not much planned, so the children participation was not really needed today nevertheless it would have been better to have them there to participate in the activity we had planned and the watering so that they would feel more a part of the planting and growth of the sunflowers.