Brianna's Garden

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Brianna Planting Weeding

Intern Profile

Two of my personal goals for working at the Dallas Youth Garden this summer are: to become a bigger part of my community and to become a better gardener

Two things I hope to learn for working at the Dallas Youth Garden are: I hope i learn work ethic and how to sustain a garden

I think my biggest challenge will be: keeping my plants really healthy

My favorite vegetable is: broccoli

My least favorite garden task is: weeding

My most favorite garden task is: watering

I think a leader is: someone who takes charge in a situation to help people become better

My worst leadership skill or trait is: i am a perfectionist

My best leadership skill or trait is: i am asertive

Garden Plan:

Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers Planted (in order)

1.cabbage

2. broccoli

3.dill

4. Zucchini

5.radish

6.pattypan squash

7.swiss chard

8.tomato

9.basil

10.hot peppers

11.sweet peppers

12.green onion

13. carrot

14.zinnia

15. summer squash

My favorite plant to plant was: my hot peppers

My lease favorite plan to plant was: tomatoes

I think my plan worked because: i made sure every plant had its companion

Garden Log:

May 16 - Started Planted

May 23 - Continued Planting

May 28 - Finished planting

May 30 - Put down newspaper to help stop weeds

June 6 - continued with newspaper

June 13 - finished mulching today!

June 20 - re fertilized all plants

June 27 - weeded and watered

July 4 - watered and harvested

July 11 - weeded and fertilized

July 18 - weeded

August 1 - weeded and picked

August 6 - harvested 1 pound of squash

August 13 - weeded gardens

august 20 - weeded and watered my garden

August 27 - harvested and watered my garden

September 12- made salsa for the gardenagain

Leadership Projects:

Sustainable Gardening Research Project

Problem: The word "sustainable" gets used in many ways in farming and market gardening. We need to know more about what sustainable practices are.

Solution: Research, collect, and compile information about sustainable farming practices in Oregon.

Communication: Present information (100 words or so) to place on our web site and present to the group.

Leadership: vision, planning, effective communication, self direction

Garden Recipe Project: zucchini

Problem: finding ways to incorporate our garden produce into an easy to do recipe

Solution: make a recipe using our gardens produce and take it to our garden group to judge

Communication: bring to garden group to eat

Leadership: Vision, planning, self direction

Team talk project:

Problem: We need to help people understand the problems and or issues found in gardens

Solution: Research, collect and compile information on common garden issues found in Oregon and present them with a partner

Communication: present information with partner

Leadership: vision, planning, self direction, effective communication

Garden Recipe Project #2: salsa