Garden News
August 7, 2018
It has been a great summer in the garden! To kick it off, Mike Schermer's Agricultural Science students helped install our new garden sign in June. Then, at our garden volunteer orientation night, we gained between 10-12 dedicated Crescent families who are helping tend the garden this summer. With their help we have been able to keep the garden watered, weeded and harvested. Our sunflowers are huge! Green beans, squash, onions, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, cucumbers, and much more are also on their way!
Our big project this summer is having some earthwork done. We had Evans Earthworks come in and do some grading, graveling and they'll be adding topsoil to the center of the garden. We'll reseed that with some clover most likely. Our hope is that will improve the drainage issues we usually have in the spring. It looks amazing so far!
The summer school students have also been up to the garden, and have helped us eat some snap peas and carrots. They are working on making plant markers to identify our garden crops.
It has been a great summer in the garden! To kick it off, Mike Schermer's Agricultural Science students helped install our new garden sign in June. Then, at our garden volunteer orientation night, we gained between 10-12 dedicated Crescent families who are helping tend the garden this summer. With their help we have been able to keep the garden watered, weeded and harvested. Our sunflowers are huge! Green beans, squash, onions, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, cucumbers, and much more are also on their way!
Our big project this summer is having some earthwork done. We had Evans Earthworks come in and do some grading, graveling and they'll be adding topsoil to the center of the garden. We'll reseed that with some clover most likely. Our hope is that will improve the drainage issues we usually have in the spring. It looks amazing so far!
The summer school students have also been up to the garden, and have helped us eat some snap peas and carrots. They are working on making plant markers to identify our garden crops.
Below: Slideshows/Garden News from past years (2015-2017)
Above Slideshow: Fall Garden 2016: Our first fall harvest

August 12, 2016
It's been almost a whole year since we dug the first hole to test our garden site! We've sure come a long way! In an area that used to be just a field of grass, we now have a large garden with multiple plots, a composting system, a fence, and a shed. Our summer school students completed our first real harvest done by students this week. Then we delivered green beans, lettuce, zucchini, herbs, carrots, and more to our local general store. We made free baskets and at the day's end locals and tourists alike had taken all of the veggies! This was a fun adventure in sharing our harvest!!
Just starting out...This summer our school was chosen to be one of the first Washington State schools to participate in the Ocean Guardian School program. This is a program in which schools choose a project that will benefit their local watershed, thus improving our ocean quality.
Our project will benefit the ocean in multiple ways. A few of the ways we will help is by reducing surface water runoff by removing turf, composting in our school cafeteria, reducing the need for purchasing packaged food, and by using sustainable gardening practices.
To learn more about the Ocean Guardian program click on the link at the top of the page.
Our project will benefit the ocean in multiple ways. A few of the ways we will help is by reducing surface water runoff by removing turf, composting in our school cafeteria, reducing the need for purchasing packaged food, and by using sustainable gardening practices.
To learn more about the Ocean Guardian program click on the link at the top of the page.