Pictures Intern Profile Two of my personal goals for working at the Dallas Youth Garden this summer are: 1.) Make new friends 2.) Grow good food. Two things I hope to learn for working at the Dallas Youth Garden are: 1.) How to better care for the plants 2.) I think my biggest challenge will be: keeping the plants alive. My favorite vegetable is: Carrots My least favorite garden task is: Weeding My most favorite garden task is: Watering I think a leader is: Someone who works with people and helps keep everyone together. My worst leadership skill or trait is: Staying on task with everyone. My best leadership skill or trait is: Keeping everyone together Garden Plan: Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers Planted (in order) 1. Tomatoes 2. Broccoli 3. Basil/Marigold 4. Zucchini 5. Radish/Marigold 6. Cucumber 7. Cabbage 8. Carrot 9. Lettuce 10. Lettuce 11. Onion 12. Patty Pan Squash 13. Dill 14.Summer Squash 15. Oregano 16. Hot/Sweet Peppers 17. Tomatoes 18. Cabbage 19. Sunflowers My favorite plant to plant was: Tomatoes My lease favorite plan to plant was: Patty Pan Squash I think my plan worked because: I kept most of the plants with their companion plants. Garden Log: May 16 - Started Planted May 23 - Continued Planting May 30- Finished planting. Started the newspaper and hay. June 6- Continuing newspaper and hay. Tomatoes now have cages. June 13- Still continuing newspaper and hay. Plants are looking good. June 20- Plants are good. weeds are a pest still. Newspaper and Hay almost done. June 27- Plants have less bugs. Last row to do of newspaper and hay. Mary-golds planted. July 4- watered and harvested the radishes and some squash July 11- fertilized. weeded. harvested more veggies. July 18- Weeded, helped tie up tomatoes. Weeded more. Harvested squash. Tomatoes are slowly starting to ripen. July 25- Weeded, got some people to come to the open house, weeded more. Aug. 1- Watering was done and veggies picked. Aug. 7- Sold $44 worth of peaches @ fair with Robert. Weeding is still in progress. Veggies are looking good. Aug. 15- Group weeded in my garden today. Looks much better now. Production is slow again in the squash. Aug. 22- Picked for state fair, Aug. 29- okay harvest. Was out due to surgery. Sept. 5- Started putting together the final leadership project. Sept. 11- Ended the week pretty well. The squash is starting to settle down with the production. Leadership Projects: T-Shirts Problem:We need a way to identify our team when meeting with the public. Solution: Design, order and manage the purchase of t-shirts for garden interns. Leadership: Planning, Trust, Effective communication Food Prep Project Problem: We need to know and communicate how produce grown in our garden can be prepared. Solution: Take produce home, find a recipe you like, prepare produce bring it back. Communication: Write up recipe and tell group about what you made. Leadership: Self Direction, Planning, Self Awareness Donations Board Problem:We need a way to make some money for the garden. Solution: Design, and put together a donations board that shows what the money will be going towards. Leadership: Planning, Vision, Self Direction, Self Awareness Tomato Variety Comparison Problem: We need to determine which tomato plant will produce best (Brought from home or provided). Solution: Identify which tomato varieties produce the most. Test: Plant and mark the test tomatoes. Take pictures once a week to see which does better over the season. Document: Document the pictures taken. Communication: Communicate your findings to the group. Leadership: Vision, Planning, Self- Direction |
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