1) Make a scarecrow. See Atlanta Botanical Gardens 2009 Scarecrow Winners for inspiration. 2) Paint a sign. Nothing says Our Garden like a freshly painted sign. See 25 photos of garden signs from Life Lab. 3) Build a trellis. Trellises are needed throughout the year to support such vegetables as peas, pole beans, tomatoes, melons, […]
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In order to get our spring vegetables harvested before the end of the school term we are currently sowing the following from seed directly into the ground: bush beans, pole beans, zucchini, and lettuce. We are also transplanting seedlings of corn and cherry tomatoes, which we started in our greenhouse. Cherries mature quicker than the […]
At Dorsey High School we are recreating a Three Sisters Garden as practiced by Native Americans hundreds of years ago. The three sisters are: corn, pole beans, and squash. Typically they are all interplanted in a hill (or mound) to compliment one another. Corn provides support for beans, which in turn provides nitrogen for the […]