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By Mireya Curry and her classmates
Our class is planting a garden. There are three different gardens. One is the square foot garden, one is a hummingbird and butterfly garden, and one is a rock garden. We split up into three groups.
To make the square foot and butterfly gardens, first we had to get soil. Then we dug out all of the dirt and took all of the rocks out because they would stop the roots from spreading. Then we put the rich soil in the coffins and added compost to help the flowers grow. Then we flattened all of the soil out so we could plant the flowers. We learned that soil is important. Without soil we wouldn’t have plants or food and we wouldn’t survive.
Before we planted the flowers, we observed the flowers’ roots. We noticed that the roots were long and skinny and they were full of dirt. We learned that roots are important to make the flowers grow. The roots hold the plants in place and they soak up the water to help the plant survive.
We are making a plan for our rock garden. It will look like the desert. We plan to add cactus plants and rocks. We hope we don’t poke ourselves with the cactus plants!
Jessica Sleeper
2nd/3rd Grade
Mammoth Elementary STEM School
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