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Click on a picture to see us planting our fall  vegetable garden.

 
   

   Be sure to check back later to see how our garden has grown!

 

Click on a picture to see the students using their "Suck -a-bug" to collect insect specimens as they learn about beneficial garden insects.

 

Late breaking news....

Now that we have our soil prepared, we are ready to plant our butterfly garden.  The scholars have researched native butterflies and their host and nectar plants.  They have made a scale model of the garden and planned where to place each plant.  The first phase of our planting is scheduled for March 27 when the SEAK club from Southwestern can come and help.

 

Before Pictures of our Butterfly garden:

 

Soil Preparation Day in our Butterfly Garden- Saturday, March 21 at 1:00

Planting our Butterfly Garden - Friday, March 27

   

After pictures of our Garden

                       

 

A big Thank You to everyone who helped make our garden a success!

GISD Education Foundation for providing the grant

Home Depot for donating the use of a tiller

Roybal, Suriff, Taylor families for help with soil preparation

Mr. Raum for reviewing our garden plans and donating salvia

SEAK (students for environmental activism and knowledge) from Southwestern University for help with planting

 

 

 

Web sites for Native Texas Butterflies

Butterfly Gardening in Texas

Caterpillar Food Plants for Central Texas

Nectar Sources and Butterfly Attractants

http://www.thebutterflysite.com/gardening.shtml

http://www.birdcrossstitch.com/garden/TexasGardening.html

http://www.centraltexasgardening.net/butterflies.pdf

http://www.neostream.net/~bfarm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=

http://www.wildflower.org/pastissues/?id=119

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/aransas/butterfly.htm

http://gardeningwithskip.tamu.edu/segments/082003a.html

 

 

 

 

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