{"id":514,"date":"2012-01-04T16:38:32","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T00:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otacharter.org\/fifthgrade\/?p=514"},"modified":"2012-09-03T23:25:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T06:25:00","slug":"ota-vegetable-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/2012\/01\/04\/ota-vegetable-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"OTA Vegetable Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/files\/2012\/01\/wall-garden-enlarged.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-519\" src=\"http:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/files\/2012\/01\/wall-garden-enlarged-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/files\/2012\/01\/wall-garden-enlarged-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/files\/2012\/01\/wall-garden-enlarged.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/files\/2012\/01\/Veggies-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-533\" src=\"http:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/files\/2012\/01\/Veggies-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Dear 5th grade parents,<\/div>\n<div>Help us to make our garden a reality! In order to create the 5<sup>th<\/sup>grade vegetable and herb garden we have done the following:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Researched the 7 essential requirements for plant growth &amp; conducted experiments to test their effect on sample plant life<\/li>\n<li>We created 3-D layouts of our proposed garden using Google Sketchup<\/li>\n<li>We split into groups to design and plan a garden mural painting featuring handprints<a href=\"http:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/files\/2012\/01\/images-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-524\" src=\"http:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/files\/2012\/01\/images-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a> of all class members, hanging garden sections (pictured above), raised bed gardens in recycled metal cylinders and composting bins complete with a lunch waste recycling program.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>We\u2019re now ready to get planting and here\u2019s how you can help:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>*<!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>We need volunteers with trucks to help haul dirt &amp; compost!! There is a post for free weed free top soil in Clairmont and we would like a cubic yard of free compost from the Miramar Landfill.<\/li>\n<li>We need 2 \u2013liter bottles (approx. 80)<\/li>\n<li>We would love any donations of gently used gardening tools and\/or gloves.<\/li>\n<li>We need five gallon buckets for\u00a0 mixing soil and for foodwaste composting program (approximately 10)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/files\/2012\/01\/Unknown.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-531\" src=\"http:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/files\/2012\/01\/Unknown.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/files\/2012\/01\/Unknown.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/files\/2012\/01\/Unknown-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Ultimately our goals for the garden are to reduce food waste thrown into our landfill, educate our children about healthy lifestyles associated with eating fresh produce, providing small amounts of vegetables and herbs for students to prepare portions of meals at home!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For further information and\/or offers to assist\u00a0 with our garden contact:<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Major<br \/>\nOTA STEM Director<br \/>\njmajor@otacharter.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear 5th grade parents, Help us to make our garden a reality! In order to create the 5thgrade vegetable and herb garden we have done the following: Researched the 7 essential requirements for plant growth &amp; conducted experiments to test &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/2012\/01\/04\/ota-vegetable-garden\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[4,10,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":539,"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}