Garden Cleanup

          On the first day we went out to the garden we worked in the small chicken coup. There we cleaned out the old wood chips on the floor and replaced it, because they were all wet from their water. We put about an inch high of the wood chips.

           On the second day we went out to the small plant area on varsity lane and added more wood chips there. That place had almost no wood chips, so adding more will protect the plants from rain and critters stomping on the roots. We put about 2 new layers or wood chips.

Day 1

Day 2

Garden Cleanup - Avin Dorsay

Hi, my name is Avin Dorsay, and I have helped clean out our school's garden and learned plenty along the way. At first, it started with picking up trash around the garden and within it. Then, I moved on to moving some plants from one garden to another across campus and saving some of the lives of some other plants which were lacking soil, by filling their pots with soil and covering up all of their roots. Later on, I moved all of the rose bush brush via a wheelbarrow from within the garden, then brought it out and put it in the big pile of brush near the compost. Shortly after, I weeded as much of the garden as I could barehanded and I also pulled out the grass near the stones. And lastly, I helped clear out the entire shed, swept all of the dirt and dust out, and reorganized everything back into the shed. Throughout this whole experience, I learned about many of the gardening tools, techniques, and plenty about our garden's insects.

Garden Cleanup

My name is Isabella Pellegrini, my first day of garden clean was to not just clean the garden but to clean the shed containing all of the necessities for the garden and biology classes. First thing we did was take everything out of the shed, sweep, clean, and later on organize and put it all back. not only did I clean the garden I also learned about many different tools and insects used in the garden. In the garden many other necessities are needed other than dirt and soil. many more is needed such as mulch, wood, gardening gloves, and many more things. and much compost is also found in many things such as old food or even roots and weeds. my garden cleanup experience helped me no more about the garden, the insects, and what all goes into the whole process of making the garden what it is today.

Garden Cleanup

Garden Cleanup

Hi, my name is Jack Panighetti and I did garden cleanup on December 11th and 12th. On my first day I shoveled mulch into the garden and worked for an hour. On the second day I did the same thing but there was a completely new layer in the chicken coop.

garden cleanup

The first day of garden cleanup i shoveled wood pieces into a wheelbarrow and put them on top of dirt near plants. In total we put the wood pieces into 3 places where there was plants. Meanwhile we did that we also ripped out weed. After we cleaned we cleaned the trash that people left on the floor in the garden. The second day I went I helped put wood pieces into where the chickens were. We put it all over the floor. Doing garden cleanup helped keep the plants alive and also clean the trash people left. Also it helped so when people go it isn't dirty.

Garden cleanup

Hello,my name is zander calfee and I did garden cleanup On Monday the 9th and Wednesday the 11th on the first day I went for an hour and me and my group moved mulch from the pile to the front of the fence and on the second day I did another hour and me and my group moved mulch to the spots in the ground that were missing mulch 

Garden Cleanup

 During Garden Cleanup I didn’t just help “clean up the garden” I also learned more about the garden in general. At first I thought to clean up the garden we only needed to weed and mow grass. However I was completely wrong! There was far more to do and what I did is explained below.

 On my first day I along with another student worked at cutting withered rose branches. We had to use gloves because of the thorns. It’s funny how something so pretty can also be so prickly. Even with powerful metal leaf cutters some of the rose bush’s branches were very tough. After around 50 minutes the rose branches were piled up in one area to decompose.

 The following week I worked with many others on gathering mulch to spread throughout the chicken pen’s perimeter. We needed to do this so the crafty chickens would not seek escape under the fence. I never knew what the giant pile of wood bits was for in the parking lot until then. There was a large amount of mulch needed. In the mulch pile I saw many black beetles scurrying about. They probably use the wood for shelter and maybe food. So these beetles must be decomposers of some sort.

  For my last day at garden cleanup I only needed 10 more minutes. So along with help from another student we picked up garbage throughout the garden. There was lots of plastic chocked between the plants. Especially in the bench area there was the highest concentration of trash. Which just shows how some people simply don’t care about the environment. Especially since there are far larger concentrations of trash throughout the planet. From highways bordering forests to the ocean. That was what I did for my garden cleanup. Breaking rose branches, gathering mulch, and cleaning up the garden.