Today started with planting and ended with carrying gravel for the base of the chicken coop. It was a VERY messy and VERY hard job but I am so proud of the students, they worked so hard!!!! instagram.com/p/CqJbvg5vwBT/…

The student’s hard work is paying off, their plants are looking great!

Students had the opportunity to share their food forest design plans with professionals today. Thank you to the Steve, Renata and Erin from Licking County Master Gardeners, Cody from Lynd’s Fruit Farm, and Jeff and Mary from PAST STEM foundation. We got so much great feedback!

Students had the opportunity to use the lathe today. By the end of the day we had 2 honey dippers, on bowl and one vase. The students did a great job!

The students have been working hard on planting vegetable and flowers and crafting items for our plant sale! Stop out on May 5th and 6th to buys some plants or baked goods, all proceeds will go back to the agriculture program.

Thanks to everyone who came out on day one of the plant sale! We are open tomorrow 9-3!

Thanks Mrs.Hayes for the opportunity to highlight the Middle School Agriculture Program! Thanks for all of the students that showed up!

3rd grade came out to learn about plants, soil and pollinators! Thanks to Pataskala 3rd grade teachers for bringing the kiddos! Big shoutout to the middle school Ag students who shared their knowledge with the 3rd grade!

The vegetables that the students planted in the spring are ready for harvest!

Love getting kids back in the garden! I ca’t wait to see what you all accomplish this year!

We kicked off the soils unit with a paint and sip day. The students made tea with their herbs from the garden and made soil paintings. Painting with different soils helped the students learn properties of soil such as color and texture.

First FFA meeting of the year!

Today students explored different properties of soil. We looked at diversity of microorganisms, porosity of soil and soil texture.

It’s been a busy week! We assessed the health of soil in different locations around the school, amended clay soil and planted fall crops. To end the week we had a guest speaker from the state FFA officer team!

Last week was so busy! We stared the week with building our compost project models and finishing our hunger projects. Later in the week we presented our ideas to the class and ended the week making apple nachos!

Today was the first FFA field trip for the SWL chapter! Thank you Cody at Lynd Fruit Farm for talking to us about how to care for apple trees and how the planting techniques have changed from when the orchard first began to now.

Thanks to the Columbus zoo for the donation of compost! We will definitely put it to good use in the garden!

Thanks to everyone who donated to the FFA food drive today!

Thank you to Herbert Quintero from OSU for coming and talking to our students about hydroponics and aquaponics systems.

Today we learned how to identify a maple tree without leaves. Then we went out to tap the trees. We hope to have some yummy maple syrup soon!!