May 17, 2012: Garden Club Meeting 2

Meeting number 2 was sparsely attended, much like the garden in its beginning stages.  Looking back at these photographs, it is amazing how much the garden has grown under the able care of our 5th and 6th grade gardeners.  But we jump ahead.  The 6th grade scholrs were off on a camping trip and so it fell on the shoulders of those who remained to water the garden and begin our herb garden.  Before getting our hands dirty, we cleared up the question “How do you tell a fruit from a vegetable?”  The week before it had been noted that fruits have seeds while vegetables do not.  Sounded right but a web search was needed to confirm this piece of information.  Of course, this necessitated a pop quiz that revealed some unusual fruits historically held to be vegetables.  With the academic discourse out of the way, it was time to take a look at the garden.  Already the peas were poking up out of the soil but no sign of radishes or carrots.  The more mature peas, tomatoes and pepper seemed to have taken root.  Then Azmir, Kazim, Messiah and Hakim went to work.
We planted basil and peppermint and watered all the plants.

Here are the boxes! They look a little barren now, but I know that they will be full in no time!