Reflections from
valle crucis
valle crucis
![]() Spring gardening is more fun than fall gardening for most people, but some things must be done each year. The fall clean-up is often called "putting the garden to bed." Our mild November weather let the third graders finish a lot of end-of-season tasks in and around the pre-k garden. Third graders raked and bagged leaves; weeded and transplanted strawberries; gathered seeds from cosmos, dill, cilantro, and zinnia plants; picked up trash; pulled up dead plants and composted them; and moved mulch. The next day, first graders watered the transplanted strawberries. This area of the campus is ready for gardening to begin again next spring!
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Our biggest fall gardening project has been adding daffodils to the edges of our campus. All but a few students in the school have been involved in planting them. Each class that planted had 100 bulbs to put in the ground. First grade classes counted bulbs so we could keep up with how many we were planting. The bulbs were a gift from a plantation home in Alabama, and the varieties are over 50 years old. We know they are primarily yellow and white flowers, but we won't know which varieties are where until they bloom in the spring! Not all the bulbs will bloom the first year, but if we can keep them from being mowed, they will be on the campus for years to come and will continue to multiply.
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Dana HoldenHas been gardening for over 20 years and has her Master Gardeners certification. She is especially interested in propagating native plants and apple grafting. She is now the After School Program Coordinator and Garden Coordinator at Valle Crucis. Archives
November 2016
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