Ms. Yoshida's 2nd Graders Plant and Compost

Yesterday Ms. Yoshida's students planted in recycled egg cartons, planted in their salsa bed and composted.

In honor of Earth Week, they planted seeds in recycled egg cartons. We discussed how it's good for the environment to reuse items. Another benefit of the egg cartons is that they will decompose in the ground once the seedlings are transplanted. The children chose between corn, lettuce and carrot seeds.

We used a worksheet from Scrapkins for the activity.

We also discussed composting. Ms. Marie showed the children some of what she composts at home. We compost greens-vegetable and fruit scraps and browns-items that come from trees such as bark, leaves, twigs and paper. We do not compost chicken or beef items. The children had good comments about compost!  Outside the children added vegetable scraps and coffee filters to the compost bin.

The children also planted in the raised bed. They planted tomato seedlings. They also planted carrot and lettuce seeds. Carrots and lettuce are companion plants for tomatoes.

Thanks to members of the Pacific Palisades Garden Club for donating the egg cartons.