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Welcome to the Mitchell Garden Club Page!
Welcome to the Mitchell Garden Club Page!
We are all staying home and being safe, so there won't be a chance to garden in the Mitchell Garden this spring.
We are all staying home and being safe, so there won't be a chance to garden in the Mitchell Garden this spring.
But that doesn't mean we can't to bring the Mitchell School garden to you.
But that doesn't mean we can't to bring the Mitchell School garden to you.
Check here for updates on what is growing in the Mitchell Garden this week as well as garden club project ideas.
Check here for updates on what is growing in the Mitchell Garden this week as well as garden club project ideas.
More detailed descriptions of the projects are posted on the Garden Club Google Classroom which will require invite via classroom.
*Currently enrolled students only please*
If you would like to join the Google Classroom, please reach out to Ms. Debbie at djchiu@cps.edu.
Thank you to the Whole Kids Foundation for our garden grant, allowing us to supplement our remote learning garden club with mail home garden club kits!
READY TO HARVEST
READY TO HARVEST
Mitchell School Families and it's surrounding community are welcome to harvest our crops throughout the growing season. Due to COVID19, we ask that you please follow our rules for the safety of community.
Mitchell School Families and it's surrounding community are welcome to harvest our crops throughout the growing season. Due to COVID19, we ask that you please follow our rules for the safety of community.
*Please do not handle any of the garden plants if you are exhibiting any symptoms or are feeling ill.
*Please do not handle any of the garden plants if you are exhibiting any symptoms or are feeling ill.
Mitchell Garden Harvesting Rules
Wear a mask if you plan to harvest from our garden. This will just prevent any additional spread of germs on our edible plants
Please hand sanitize prior to harvesting vegetables/herbs from the garden. Use clean scissors as well.
Only take what you need. DO NOT pull out plants, please just cut some off or pull off veggies such as tomatoes and beans gently. For lettuces cut off the leaves and leave about an inch at the base of the plant. For greens like Chard and Kale, trim off the larger leaves and leave the center smaller leaves in place. Herbs can be trimmed off as well.
Wash all produce really well! Even better, try to use Mitchell veggies and herbs for cooking only.
Mitchell Garden Club Activity for the Week
Mitchell Garden Club Activity for the Week
Framed Art with Garden Finds
Framed Art with Garden Finds
If you like collecting things from your garden or on your walks, here is a fun little activity to do using those finds. Find an empty picture frame that your parent says is ok to use OR you can make one out of paper or placing sticks in a rectangle shape. Arrange your items inside the frame and make a little scene. You can rearrange however times you would like. Or if you really like what you created, you can try to glue the pieces down on paper. Here is an example of something I made with things I found in my garden. I cut out the center of the paper to make a frame, and put a piece of paper behind it. I made a little house and garden scene. Let's see what you come up with!
How to make a clover flower bracelet
How to make a clover flower bracelet
Have you ever made a flower bracelet out of white clovers? This was something Ms. Debbie made a lot of growing up because white clovers were easy to find. Right now I have a lot of clover plants growing in my planter so I'll show you real quick how to make one. If you go to a park or on a walk by a field, you might see some clover you can pick. Just be careful, honey bees LOVE clover flowers, so just make sure there are no bees on the ones you pick. Honey bees are very easy going, so let them be, don't swat at them.
How to make a clover bracelet
Step 1: Pick a few clover flowers, make sure to have a lot of stem on it
Step 2: Take 2 of the stems. Tie the non-flower side of one of the flowers to the flower end. Just an easy knot will do. If you don't know how to tie a knot, ask a grown up for some help. Keep doing this till you make a long piece.
Step 3: Once it's the right length for your wrist, tie the last stem end to the first flower to complete the loop
Step 4: Put your bracelet on or give it to a friend! You might need to adjust the length of each segment to fit it to your wrist.
White Clover Plants
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Week of May 11th
Week of May 11th
Cooking
Try out this Gardenscape Bread Project. You can use any kind of dough recipe to create your base, but using a focaccia is the most popular. You can also use pre-made raw pizza dough or maybe even puff pastry you buy at the grocery store. After spreading out your raw dough base, you will decorate it with sliced veggies and herbs. Sprinkle with some olive oil and then bake the dough in the oven. You can use any kind of vegetables, herbs or edible flowers you may have around the house. Slice them thin and arrange the veggies/herbs in a garden like scene. You will have to experiment to see how different vegetable perform when cooked. Some veggies like tomatoes have a lot of water in them, so when you cook them, you'll find it might be a little more wet then if you used something with a little less water such as potatoes. This activity will require help from your parents so please ask them about doing this first before beginning!
Gardening
Did you know you can regrow plants from kitchen veggie scraps?! There are many different vegetables that will regrow if certain parts of them are saved. The easiest one to try is green onion! If you save the white part of the bottom, you can put it in a little dish with some water and a new green onion will begin to grow. Carrot tops are also easy to regrow. If you try the Gardenscape Focaccia activity and have some veggie scraps from it leftover, this would be fun to try.
Week of May 4th
Week of May 4th
Sunday May 10th is Mother's Day! This week's project is create something special for the mom figure in your life (mom, grandma, aunt, family friend, etc...). Check out the Garden Club Google Classroom for tutorials.
What's growing in the garden?
What's growing in the garden?
Click on the 'What's growing in the garden' tab on the top right corner of your screen to see how the Mitchell Garden is looking.
Check out some other online gardening and nature resources for the whole family
Check out some other online gardening and nature resources for the whole family
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Nature Lab is The Nature Conservancy's youth curriculum platform and contains nature based resources
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