June 3, 2009

This is the sixteenth day of my research assistant role of the Youth Gardening Project. Today's location was at the Tuskegee University Chambliss Building(old business bldg) and the Tuskegee University's Greenhouse. The Youth Garden Project children arrived at the greenhouse bright and early this morning to start their day off with a few gardening skills. The other research assistants and I taught the children the importance of making sure they weed-out their garden properly to slow the growing process of the weeds down. Each child was responsible for "pulling weeds" out of their boxes. After the first garden task was completed, we walked down the road to the kids' other garden. This garden is larger then their 4 feet by 4 feet garden boxes. The weeds in the larger garden is maintained by the use of plastic, where the children make small holes to insert their seeds to grow. The kids planted sunflower and squash seeds.
After the children left, I finished what I started yesterday at the Chambliss building: making plaster molds. This time, I made the letters only; therefore, the children can paint their initials and have a take-home exhibit to showcase their painting skills.