Dirt Day Part 1, Flor and Katelyn

"Hello, our names are Katelyn Moseley and Flor Cruz. Today we got to skip some of our classes to go shovel some dirt for our garden.We are making a tire garden the art classes were nice enough to paint the tires for us. Its very hard work but we had some help from other students and teachers.We are putting newspaper at the bottom of the tires and filling it up with dirt and horse manure.(gross)We are going to stack them and plant flowers in them.We’re sure its going to look amazingly fantastic."

In all the hub bub, I failed to take a picture of Flor and Katelyn so I pulled this one from our Washington trip.  I'll be sure to get one of these two next time!

We worked our bottoms off!!!  Everybody helped and we got so much done!  I'd say we are just over half way finished.  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

They remind me of Easter eggs.

Mrs. Camacho's art classes in action.

Watching paint dry...

A colorful arrangement.

Repurposed seed tray.

Hopefully these will keep the dirt in our tires. 

The 3 R's in action. (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)

 

We hauled alot of dirt.  These kids never hesitated, they just shoveled, carried and dumped that dirt.  

I wish I had taken a picture while we were all eating lunch.  It was  dead silent.  They wolfed down their food.  That meal was well earned.

The semi finished product.

We had loads of help just when we needed it.  At the end of our work day, a few other classes pitched in.  

The previously mentioned horse manure.  One of the most frequently asked questions:  "Miss, what is this stuff?"  

More great help!

We have one more dirt day then we get to plant!  I don't think I'll have any problem getting this job done.  It's going to be really rewarding for the kids to put the plants in the tires.  We've decided to go with plants from a local nursery.  I hope we have enough, we'll see what we end up with,  we have several packets of seeds too.  I can't wait for you to see the final product!