Salad Day!!!

The children got the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of their labor! Salad Day took place during lunch, and the students enjoyed a delicious salad made from their freshly picked lettuce...

Pumpkin Planting

Ginny McGovern and Carolyn Scali led the pumpkin planting efforts of the St. Jude School First Graders. Little hands were certainly busy!! Thanks Ginny and Carolyn!

Mission Accomplished!!!

What a fantastic day... the weather was perfect, families were together, and the garden is now complete! Thanks to everyone's hard work, our garden is now a reality with peppers, onions, tomatoes, cucumber, and pumpkins to follow shortly. Here is a photo recap of the day, start to finish!

Finally, this blog wouldn't be complete without a picture of our little gardeners!

Farmer Jones Visits The Garden!

On Monday, May 26th, Jamie Jones from Jones Family Farm visited the St. Jude First Grade class for a tour of the garden. Farmer Jones spent about an hour with the children teaching them about soil, the importance of sun and water, and sharing a little about life on the farm.

Jamie Jones is a sixth-generation farmer from Jones Family Farm in Shelton, CT. Their 400-acre farm offers seasonal crops such as strawberries, blueberries, pumpkins and Christmas trees. They have also recently opened their own winery; please visit their link at http://www.jonesfamilyfarms.com/

The children had an opportunity to hold seeds of various sizes -- lettuce, pumkin & string bean.

The children were also introduced to a 4-year old Christmas tree, and Farmer Jones welcomed questions from the class. It was a fun and educational day, and we appreciate the visit!

The Fun Begins!!

What a fantastic day! The weather was beautiful, the kids had a half day of school, so we decided to put them to work! Today's project was to haul landscaping stone for the garden border, and to paint the boards that would surround the garden. The children didn't disappoint, and they worked so hard!! All in all, everyone had a great time, and we got quite a bit accomplished.

Once the children were dismissed from class, they had a picnic lunch in the playground. From there they lined up and headed over to the garden.

Fr. Skip did a great job prepping the area... the boards were neatly layed out waiting to be painted, and the area for stone was clearly marked.

The children were organized into two groups... half were assigned to painting for 30 minutes, the other half moved landscaping stone. Everyone worked together so well, and we accomplished the job in a few short hours. What follows are a few pictures of the fun day we all had together...

The weather couldn't have been better, and we look forward to more fun days ahead in the garden!