If you have questions about Nature Club or Gardening at the school, please contact Mrs. Cardoso at: Vivian.Cardoso@humble.k12

.tx.us or 281.641.2886.

Garden Harvest

Last week’s harvest included lettuce, rad-ishes, spinach, kohl-rabi, cabbage, and herbs. The onions planted in January are doubling their size. The potatoes planted two weeks ago are poking

sprouts up and out of the soil.

The tomatoes, onions, and potatoes are do-ing very well and growing fast! Beans, cucumbers, squash, peppers and egg plant have been planted. Now it is a weekly chore to make sure they get lots of good organic fertilizer, pests are controlled, and weeds are re-

moved. In class, Mr. McMullen will discuss “Good Guys and Bad Guys” and Mrs. Op-perman will discuss “Pest Patrol”. Each class has only four more scheduled gar-dening classes before the end of the year. We will be gardening with Mrs. Krenek’s two classes this week.

5th Grade Garden

Harvest

Two of the last

three weeks have had students miss-ing gardening, first

due to Spring Break and last week, due to testing. The vol-

unteers did pick all the produce last

week and sent it in-

side for distribution to the students. The spring crops are

coming to an end but lots of lettuce, broccoli, collards,

radishes and herbs were harvested.

Sugar Snap Peas

are growing in sev-eral spots and we hope to have a big

OAK FOREST

ELEMENTARY

6400 KINGWOOD

GLEN

HUMBLE, TX 77346

281-641-2800

April 11, 2013

Grower’s News • Certified Texas Wildscapes (Wildlife Habitat) by the Texas Parks and

Wildlife Department

• Schoolyard Habitat by the National

Wildlife Federation

• School Yard Habitat by the Audubon

Society

• Members of Urban

Harvest

Master Gardeners

• Mrs. Gudrun Opperman

• Ms. Jo Sanders

Master Naturalists

• Mr. Damien Carey

• Ms. Terri Simmons

Volunteers

• Mr. Hal Opperman

• Mrs. Caroline Carey

• Mr. James Hernandez

• Ms. LaVern Cutrell

• Mr. Harry McMullen

• Ms. Teresa Metelits

• Ms. Maryanne Hefele

• Ms. Miriam Canales

• Ms. Margaret Hennessey

If you have questions about Nature Club or Gardening at the school, please contact Mrs. Cardoso at: Vivian.Cardoso@humble.k12

.tx.us or 281.641.2886.

The students, nature club, and volunteers have been transform-ing the orchard. In addition to about a dozen fruit and nut trees there are also several vegetable beds and a number of bird and animal feeding stations there. The Chimney Swift Tower had its

first residents last year and we hope to see more this year. There are now two Purple Martin houses and several composting areas.

Orchard News

If you have questions about the OFE Growers, want to volunteer, or contribute please contact Debbie Krenek, Vivian Cardoso, or Allison Wolf through the OFE website.

Wanted Items

school year. Nature Club is still collecting cell/smart phones, printer cartridges, digital cameras, and

old laptops. Every little bit helps!

We still need 350 bags of leaves and pine needles to meet our goal of recycling 2000 on campus this

We need your

disposable

plastic shopping

bags!

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