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IMG_6160.movJuly 2021
July 2021
With the unprecedented 'heat dome' of late June I have been coming to school to check on the meadow when I can, do some watering and rattle some dead plants for fun.
The camas flowers have all gone to seed and are dry. Their seed pods have opened and the seeds are sitting there waiting for a wind to scatter them around.
Junco nest in the meadow grass!
Junco nest in the meadow grass!
In May the sustainability teacher received an email from a community member that said: "We noticed this evening that because you and the students have done such a wonderful job of the garden that a pair of juncos have nested right in the middle! I thought I’d let you know just in case you weren’t aware so that the students might learn of this achievement."
We went out to look for this nest but did not find it! The Junco family did well in their camouflaging.
I found a junco nest in my back yard in the tall grass recently so when I returned to the school meadow this month I knew what I was looking for.
The nest I found in the school meadow with only a left behind feather to show that anyone had been born and raised there.
The nest I found in my backyard with the babies
June 16 2021
June 16 2021
We are calm!
We are kind!
We are safe!
This school year is almost over!
The camas has gone to seed!
The berry plants are feeling the heat.
Woolly sunflower is in full splendor.
Yarrow dominates the meadow.
MAY
MAY
2021
2021
The month the camas blooms.
The month the camas blooms.
APRIL 2021
APRIL 2021
Mulching: We cover the soil around the shrubs with bark mulch.
Mulching: We cover the soil around the shrubs with bark mulch.
It is April 29, the qexmin/parsley begins to flower ...
... and the kwetlal/camas begin to grow and flower.
MARCH 2021
MARCH 2021
The split rail cedar fence is installed by facilities.
Thank you SD61 facilities for the construction and the Horner foundation for the grant!
March 26: Everything begins to grow
The sign is installed!
The sign is installed!
February
February
2021
2021
In the snow!
December 2020
December 2020
By my house there is an apartment building with very very ancient oak trees surronding it. Every fall the leaves are raked up into a huge pile on the side of the parking lot to be taken away. I fill four or five giant bags of the leaves and bring them to school to cover the sleeping camas for the winter. This year I was later than usual but still in time.
November 2020: the back and forth with the fence ...
November 2020: the back and forth with the fence ...
Someone pulls the plastic fence apart causing the fence to fall down off the posts.
I go out and wire up the stretched parts of the fence ...
... to put the fence back together. This back and forth is repeated a few times.
Fall 2020: Expansion
Fall 2020: Expansion
A new section is added to the meadow to include a berry shrubs!
A new section is added to the meadow to include a berry shrubs!
Fall is also the time to remove the dead stalks ...
so students cut mostly yarrow stalks.
Life
in
the
meadow.
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