April+6,+2011

Community Service – Hour 1 – Wednesday April 6, 2011

Today was our first day outside. Neither of us were completely clear on what we were suppose to be doing and it was a little confusing because there were about 20 students from the Meadow outside along with Mr. Lewis’s two students and Mr. Lewis. To start, we took the hydroponics that were kind of growing inside and brought them outside to put them in the planters. Then we watered all of the plants. Most of the plants are barely growing because of the drastic temperature changes as well and the plants turning out so spinally in the hydroponics. We disposed of the hydroponics that were not growing and cleaned out all of the water bins around the green house. Then the students from the Meadow started working in the meadow. They were stomping on all of last year’s prairie and raking them out so that new ones could grow. While the younger ones did this, Mr. Lewis and one of his students attached a large pvc tube from the gutter of the green house, through the upper window, and into the water tank inside the green house. Once the tank fills with water, the students will have easy access to water for watering the plants. We found it interesting how created their water supply, free of charge.