Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-22
CHILDREN NOW
n HARVESTING
THEIR CROPS
Fine Vegetables and Flow
ers Produced on Local
School Garden Plots.

Over two hundred children of
Grand Forks have become amateur
gardeners this surnmer as a result OF
the school garden project which Is
this year enjoying the biggest success
OF all Its years of activity. The grade
scnool garden work this year again
under the direction of Miss Besse Nell
son and Miss Gertrude Skinner, assist
ed by, Miss Jane Pagett, has been I'M
uually successful this seaAon. due to
splendid organization of the work. the
enthusiastic cooperation Of the chill
dren with their leaders and n In
usually fine weather conditions of the
summer.
-Four large garden plots have been
cultivated in different parts of the city
by the grade school children. Roose-
welt and Belmont schools have each
Q separate garden and due to the diff
dculty of securing suitable garden
space earlier in the season. the Wash
ington and Winship schools combined
their work in one garden. Each large
garden is sub-divided into smaller
plots and each child who takes part
in the project is assigned from one
to three plots to put under cultiva-
ton. according to his ability to take
care of the gardens. The plots range
from 10x10 feet to 10x25 feet, and are
planted to small garden stuff, all corn
or all cucumbers. Many of the chill
dren have both a small-stuff plot or
q corn or cucumber plot. The chill
dren in the grades who are taking
care of the gardens range in ages from
8 to IA years. Few children lower
than the third grade are permitted to
take a garden: although many of the
wee tots in the third n fourth
grades have produced as fine crops
and gardens as the older children.
Fine Vegetable Harvest.
The children are now beginning to
rear the benefit of their summers hard
work. as they are now taking crops
from the field. The gardeners are
permitted to do as they wish with
their garden produce, and many of
the boys and girls are supplying the
home table with fine fresh vegetables
rs we'll as selling portions of their
crop. 1t is the belief of the leaders
OF this work that the garden project
has me- the demand for useful. pleas
ant and inspiring occupation for the
children during their months of vaca-
don.
Already the children have taken
from their fields onions, radishes, let
tuce. beets, swiss chard. beans, peas,
parsley and carrots. and later will be
harvesting corn, cucumbers, pop corn
and all of the later fall vegetables.
The school through the leadership
Of Miss Nelson and Miss Skinner,
takes entire charge Of directing the
garden project during the year. The
plots are secured and marked of into
smaller gardens, the seed is supplied
by the school and the implements fol
cultivating the vegetables are fur
utShed by the Zoe The leaders
are IN h gardens every morning and
afternoon with the children to. guide
them. and to aid them in keeping a
record of. the amount of crop taken
from their gardens. Miss Nelson and
Miss Skinner are both members of
the Associated Garden club of Amer
lea, that for so long was presided
over by the late John Burroughs.
The school children will be unable
to make an entries of their garden
stun at the Grand Forks fair for COM
petition. as there are no other city
school gardens in this vicinity with
which to compete.