Pictures Intern Profile Two of my personal goals for working at the Dallas Youth Garden this summer are: my personal goals for working at the garden this summer will be communication and how to Two things I hope to learn for working at the Dallas Youth Garden are: how to communicate with the other interns better and I think my biggest challenge will be: i think my biggest challenge will be how to help other interns with what they need help with My favorite vegetable is: my favorite vegetable is tomatoes My least favorite garden task is: my least favorite is picking because some of the things you plant take along time to pick My most favorite garden task is: my favorite garden task is planting because it takes less to plant then a lot of the other things we do I think a leader is: i think a leader is someone who helps other people with what they are confused on or getting the tasks doned by talking through the steps. My worst leadership skill or trait is: my worst leadership skill is communication My best leadership skill or trait is: helping people through things Garden Plan: Rows of vegetables planted: 18 Number of different kinds of vegetables planted: 17 My garden did or did/not match my plan and why: My garden did not work because I had to trade some of the vegetables out and put others in My favorite vegetable to plant was: Tomatoes Garden Log: May 15-20: i finished my plan May 22-27: i started planting May 29-June 3: i am almost done planting June 5-10:start weeding and mulching June 12-17: mulching and weeding june 20-24 : finishing mulching june 27-july 1: help interns finish mulching july 4-july 8 : start harvesting vegetables july 10-15: started putting down bark dust on the walkway july 17- 22: getting the garden ready for open house july 25- 29: starting to get our plants ready for fair july 31 -aug 5: getting my vegetables ready for fair aug 7-10: going fair Aug12-15: weeded watered and picked my plants Aug 17-22: watered weeded my plants Aug 24-29: got my plants for state fair Aug 31-sept 5: finishing the garden Leadership Project: Problem: Talking to the master gardeners about the garden Solution: To get people to know about what we do and to get more adult volunteers Test/Activity:Speaking following a format Results: The project went great we didn't get a lot of questions though Communication:Talking to the interns about how it went and what happened Leadership Skills: self direction and trust leadership 2 Problem: What is sustainable gardening? Solution: it works in harmony with nature and there are a lot of techniques that can make youe garden healthier Test/Activity: getting the weeds out of the garden Results:...... http://www.recycleworks.org/compost/sustainable_gardening.html Communication: getting my garden weeded really good Leadership Skills: self direction and communication leadership 3 problem: what makes a good cabbage Solution: I watered my cabbage and hand picked the cabbage. Test/activity: watered cabbage picked the cabbage Results: I got the highest level of my age group in ribbons Communication: watering my cabbage really well. Leadership skills: self direction |
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