August 11, 2009

This is day forty-one of my research assistant role of the Youth Garden Project. Today's location was at Tuskegee University's Chambliss Building (old administration bldg) and garden field.

Ashton and I harvested Okra and Green Tomatoes from the field garden located on the rich soil of Tuskegee University. The initial task was to give Mr. Jackson some of the fresh, organic crops which was cultivated by the children of SafeHaven as well as us--the research assistants. We had an idea to use the popsicle stick basket I handmade to hold the vegetables to give them more of a gift basket type look.

You might be wondering, why Mr. Jackson? Well, Mr. Jackson has helped us as research assistants through-out this entire program as well as some other wonderful individuals in the Agriculture Department. It's many individuals who work behind-the-scences to allow us--research assistants--to idealize, perform, and complete the various tasks in the Youth Garden Project.