The goal of Cordova Jr./Sr. High School’s project was for students to learn how to grow healthy food in sustainable manner. In the fall, students used tools purchased with grant funds to transplant perennials and create new growing areas for the spring. They created vermiculture buckets and introduced thousands of worms to a favorable composting environment, nurtured them over the winter, and collected worm castings to make seed starter. In the spring, students started over 350 seedlings to transplant around their town in hanging baskets and barrels.
Their system of composting fruit and vegetable scraps, collecting castings, creating their own soil, planting seeds, and waiting for nature to take over made enjoying beautiful and tasty plants easy and simple. Cordova’s growing project also influenced students from other classes and schools. The teacher who received the grant to do this project reflected that “working with nature and growing organically has been effortless and effective.”
Thank you to Cordova Jr./Sr. High School for sharing your organic project!
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