Sumner Garden

This year, Junior Master Gardeners will help Sumner grow a straw bale garden. Students will get a taste-test of the veggies in the cafeteria when they are back in school in August. Veggies in a straw bale? Yes, it's true. The two bales set up at Sumner will be conditioned until they begin to compost on the inside, becoming a great place to grow veggies. They will be watered every day to keep the process going.

Junior Master Gardener and Sumner 4th grader Katie helped secure rabbit fencing around the bales today. A garden committee of about 15 Sumner 4th graders who live close enough to walk to the school will help with watering. These students will also meet with Junior Master Gardeners to plant the bale on June 7 and July 12 12:30-1 p.m. After a taste-test and vote, these are the student-selected veggies:

carrots 

peas 

lettuce 

cherry or grape tomatoes 

Watch our garden grow!

Special thanks to Mark and Laura Schaefer, Sheila Berger, Kristi Beckman and Enrique, John Wright, and Nate Wangen of Rolling Green Fencing.