Tuesday, September 22, 2015

A Surprise in the Garden

One morning, a week ago, as I was walking into school I passed the garden
                   and noticed some plants growing in our Spud Tubs. 
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                 Some were weeds but one looked just like a potato plant. 
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As the nights are becoming colder I was starting to worry about frost so
                        today we decided to harvest the plant.
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                   We dug in the soil but couldn’t find anything.
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Then I pulled the plant up and there was one little potato attached to the roots.
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The children continued to dig and we found one more.  I think a great experiment, for next year, would be to plant a second crop of spuds after we harvest our spuds next June.  Would they grow over the summer?
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              We noticed a different plant growing beside our spud tubs. 
                                 I think it is a pumpkin plant.