garden cleanup

Elisha guzman

December 16th 2016

Dear Mr. Burch

I'm sorry i didn't post the garden clean up on blogger sooner  so i hope this is alright with you. For my community service project it was on the chicken fence and the way it impacts the community is for the chickens safety. Because a lot of times the chickens have escaped and they eat the plants and vegetables in the garden.There is also a risk that the chickens might escape and get killed or get lost. So the school decided that they will make a fence for the chickens so they won't escape and that's what i help to make a fence for the chickens. In the end the fence was complete and the people i worked with help out so it wasn't so bad. And now the school is happy and the chickens are safe so everybody wins. Now the chickens can have more space to go when we let them free and there is no risk of the chickens escaping.

Sincerely,

Elisha guzman

Bryce Magliari: Garden Cleanup Service Project Period 1

For my garden cleanup, Kela, Ben, Ryan, and I all decided that we wanted to do the garden cleanup. I personally wanted to do this, because we wanted to give back to give back to Mr. Bursch for all the work he put in to maintain the chickens and the fun classroom experiments that we do. Plus, I thought it would be fun working in the garden with my friends for 2 hours, as I find working in the garden fun and entertaining. I could not wait to see what Mr. Bursch had in store for us.

Day 1: I could only stay for one hour today, because swimming was starting at 3:30. Once the bell rang, Ryan, Kela, and I (along with Marcus and Anthony, but Ben had to be at Band that day), went to the shed with Mr. Bursch and got 4 shovels, a thick metal rake, and 2 wheel barrels. We all put on a pair of gloves, and wheeled the wheel barrels to 2 piles of mulch. We then scooped the mulch into the wheel barrels until they were full.We then followed Mr. Bursch around the school as he showed us places where new gardens and plants will be grown later. After a while, we arrive at our destination. It was on the other side of the school, and we had to fill up a strip of tanbark alongside a building with the mulch. We dumped out the wheel barrels, and Kela, Anthony, and Ryan went back to get more mulch as Marcus and I stayed to spread out the mulch a few inches deep. We were using a shovel and the rake, and halfway through, the rake broke and the tri-tip came off! We still used it, but it was pretty difficult. Once the others arrived and dumped the barrels, Ryan stayed behind with us to help us with spreading the mulch (he had a shovel too, luckily). After spreading that 2 piles of mulch, we spread 6 more piles of mulch, and then we were finished with that lane. By this time, it was 3:30, so we all left, and Mr. Bursch we would do more work like this later on Tuesday.

Day 2: We arrived once again at 3:30, and this time it was Kela, Ben, Ryan, Anthony, Marcus, Nick, and I doing the garden cleanup. Mr. Bursch had us move the mulch to the chicken area to replace the mulch/tanbark there. Ryan and Ben stayed at the chicken area, while Marcus and I wheeled the wheel barrels from the mulch piles to the chicken area. Kela, Anthony, and Nick stayed at the mulch piles to put the mulch in the wheel barrels when we were ready. During this, we realized scooping from the bottom instead of the top was a lot more effective. After an hour of working, we were finally finished in the beating sun.

What we learned: We learned how to use shovels and rakes, how to properly pick up mulch, and how to spread out mulch. We also learned how to help the garden and had a lot of fun doing it. I think I’ll be doing this for my community service hours now!

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Nicholas Labao: Garden Cleanup Period 6

For my first service project this semester, I decided to help clean up the WGHS GOLD garden with some of my friends. I chose to do this as my project because I like being outside working and this would be fun to do with my friends. On the first day, I helped shovel mulch from the parking lot area over to the chicken coop and surrounding area. The work went fast because we had a group of dedicated people and an efficient system of moving mulch to the garden. We covered a lot of the area outside the chicken coop with mulch pretty quickly, only taking an hour, and got a nice solid layer covering the area. The second day, however, was a little harder as some people there didn't help at all. We four people moving mulch and spreading it on the chicken coop. We still got a good amount of work done that day though. We threw mulch into the fenced off area for the chickens to wander in and covered a lot of the area in there except for one of the corners where the trash bins and spider webs were. This second day of work also took about an hour. Overall, the garden cleanup was a fun project to do and working with good people made it more enjoyable. I'd like to do it again, but the only problem is it is hard finding time  because I have a seventh period after school.

Ben Fodor Garden Cleanup Service Project Period 1

For my service project this semester, I decided to help clean up the garden with some of my friends. I chose to do this as my project because it seemed like an easy project but also one that would be fun to do with other people. On the first day, I helped shovel mulch form the parking lot area over to the chicken coop and surrounding area. The work went by fast because there were other people helping who were committed to the work also, so that helped speed up the process quite a bit. We covered a lot of the area outside the chicken coop with mulch pretty quickly, only taking an hour, and got a nice solid layer covering the area. The second day, however, was a little harder as some people there didn't help at all. There were around four total people actually doing work the majority of the time while the other four didn't do much in the way of helping and instead stood around talking while waiting for their hour to be done with. We still got a good amount of work done that day though. We threw mulch into the fenced off area for the chickens to wander in and covered a lot of the area in there except for one of the corners where the trash bins and spider webs were. This also took about and hour and we also made good progress with the few motivated people we had that day. Overall, the garden cleanup was a fun project to do and working with good people made it more enjoyable. I'd like to do it again, but the only problem is it is hard coordinating work time after school as band is a 7th period for me, so hopefully there will be more time options available next time.

Kela Moore: Garden Cleanup Period 1

       For my service project, I decided to help out in cleaning the garden with my friends. I wanted to do this because I've always found joy in making things orderly and completing work. There's something indescribably satisfying about completing physical labor, and I love it. On the first day, my friends and I moved a few wheelbarrows of mulch into a planter area behind the T? wing. The whole task took around an hour and a half. On the second day, we continued the moving of the mulch, but instead, to the chicken pen. I scooped mulch into the wheelbarrows with a few friends, while some other friends hauled the mulch and spread it around at its destination. After finishing that, we had to put mulch inside the fence that keeps the chickens in. We were tired and sweaty so, not wanting to heave the mulch around and into the coop, we tossed it over. This ended up being a semi-smart move in the end because we got a decent distribution of the mulch in the coop. Once we finished with that, we put away the tools and wheelbarrows and were finished. When all is said and done, I'm really glad I picked this as my project, because it really makes me feel like I did something that matters, something that actually helps, and isn't just a cosmetic piece.

(Bryce, who took the photos, never sent them to me, so they can likely be found on his post)

Garden Cleanup. Anthony DiGirolamo Period 1

 For my service project I did garden cleanup. I wanted to do this because I thought it would be fun and its good to help out with cleaning up and making the garden neat. On the first day me and a couple other people moved mulch from the parking lot next to the garden to behind the S wing. We had to shovel mulch into wheelbarrows and then move it to the area we had to set it at. Once we put it there we spread it out evenly over most of it. We went back and forth and finished it in around an hour and a half. On the second day we were also moving mulch but this time we moved it to the back of the garden and inside the fence that the chickens are in. First we shoveled mulch from the parking lot into wheelbarrows and moved it to the garden. Once there we spread it out around the garden and next to the chicken coop. After finishing that we had to put mulch inside the fence that keeps the chickens in. It was to much to go back and forth into the fence so we tossed it over while making sure not to get it on any chickens. Once we finished that we put away the tools and wheelbarrows and we were done. After being done and helping out it feels good because you know you helped out with the garden and had fun while doing it.

ESLP Service Project

For my service project, a couple friends and I worked on compost. For the first hour we sifted the compost to put the finish product into the bed. 

Shoveling compost for it to be sifted 

Finished product being added

Next week we began cutting the long grass, this type of grass grows very long and quickly. My friend who worked here last week was shocked by how long it had already gotten!

After we cut the grass, we threw it back on the ground. 

Grass before we began cutting it. 

After we cut the grass for an hour. 

This service project helped me take better care of plants and I'm happy we were able to help our school garden.