John's Garden

Pictures

My char being harvested! I have finished my bat house leadership project!!

Intern Profile

I want to work at the garden because: I want to try new experiences

Two of my personal goals for working at the Dallas Youth Garden this summer are: to learn how to sustain a garden and teamwork skills

Two things I hope to learn for working at the Dallas Youth Garden are: teamwork and how to act at a job

I think my biggest challenge will be: weeding

My favorite vegetable or fruit is: watermelon

I think a leader is: someone who takes charge and does the right thing even when no one is looking

I hope to contribute this leadership skill to the garden this season: teamwork

Garden Plan:

Rows of vegetables planted: 15

Number of different kinds of vegetables planted: 7

Optimal Garden Yield: 308 lpb

My garden did or did/not match my plan and why: my garden matched my plan because I stuck by it

Garden Log:

May 3-5: Started work and removed tarps

May 8-12: Worked on plans helped at master gardeners plan sale

May 15-19: planted garden.m

May 22-26: missed day got tooth pulled. planted garden

May 29-June 2: helped mulch

June 5-June 9: helped mulch

June12-june16 helped people mulch their gardens

June19-June 23: Helped people mulch their gardens

june 26-30: I weeded my cabbage and kale this week

july 2-7: I weeded my carrots and mulched parts of my garden

july 10-14helped mulch erics and kaitlans garden

july 17-21 helped mulch part of brandons garden

july 23-28 watered my garden helped faith pick char and basil

july 31-4 water my garden picked out vegs and flower for the fair

August 7-11 went to county fair worked in booth and weeded eric carrots

August 14-18 picked Vegs for state fair water my garden

August 21-25 picked monster vegetables from my garden and watered

August 21-26: weeded, watered, and harvested.

August 28- September 2: Weeded, watered, and harvested all the dill and onions.

Leadership Project:

Problem: Zucchini bugs and other parasite bugs

Solution: build a bat box to attract bats that will eat these bugs that keep eating my crops

Test/Activity: I will make a bat house and see if the number of holes in my plants go down

Results: TBD

Communication: research bats and what they can do for our garden

Leadership Skills: I learned about self direction, planning, and effective communication.

problem: carrots aren't growing well

Solution: put bloodmeal and bonemeal on it

Test/Activity: I will put bloodmeal and bonemeal on my carrots once a week

Results: TBD

Communication: research how it can help your crops

Leadership Skills: I learned about self direction, and effective communication.

problem: people dont know enough about us

Solution: make a video and share it

Test/Activity: make a video of me aksing people questions

Results: TBD

Communication: have people learn about us

Leadership Skills: I learned about self direction, and effective communication.

Problem: people don't know how to make kale chips

Solution: put the recipe on the website

Test/Activity: put the recipe on the website

Results: TBD

Communication: look up a recipe

Leadership Skills: I learned about self direction, and effective communication.

1-2 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 teaspoons sea salt

Grill until ready