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 E very Tuesday during Science, my class goes to the garden. It is outside with two fabulous teachers Liz and Asia. We alternate groups every week they're are four different jobs, Biologists, Composters, Harvesters, and Material Managers. My favorite job was Harvesters, because you got to make food and then eat it. I remember making apple cider one week. We had to cut up the apples into small pieces then mush it up in a machine to squeeze all the juice out into a bucket. Later on we got to drink the apple cider it was marvelous!!!!

Garden journals  I remember the sight of the garden and how it looked so fresh in the rain. I will remember the textures of the potatoes as I pulled them out of the rich clean soil. I will remember the sounds of the rain as it fell from the dark thundering clouds. I will remember the smells of the dirt as I dug up the

 potatoes. I will remember the taste of dirt sprinkle into my mouth as I dug.

 T his morning in the garden my group were the biologists. We got to observe different plants in the surroundings of the garden. Also we got a paper asking what some of the producers, consumers, and decomposers were in the garden. We found a lot of producers and not so many decomposers. We only found clues of what the consumers were. I had a fabulous time in the garden and can’t wait to go back.

 I will remember the sight of leaves , caterpillars have been munching on. I will remember the fuzzy types of leaves and the rough types of leaves. The sound of humans chattering around me. The aroma of the sweet tea the harvesters made. And the sweet soothing taste of tea.

I will remember the image of the stinky compost bursting with decomposers. The rough textures of caterpillar bites on a dying leaf. I will remember the voices of people around me chit chatting about there jobs.  I will rememember the odor of rotten fruits and vegeta bles coming from the big black bin labeled COMPOST. My job in the garden today was to observe all the living organisms around me.   <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #be1919; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"><span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">T oday in the garden I was a biologist for the first time today I <span style="color: #be1919; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">drew a slug. I had to observe the slug and describe it. It was about four inches long and one inch wide. The color of the slug was a dirty white. While it was dragging its body I saw a trail of gooey slime appear in its tracks. It made me shiver with disgust as it slowly made its way upward. In the end we found out the slug was a type of leopard slug. I had an amazing time in the garden and can’t wait to go back. <span style="color: #79ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> T his Tuesday my group was maintenance. We planted a type of green grass against the school wall. A first for me today was picking all the leaves of plants and putting them in the compost. The bare <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #79ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">branches went in what looked like a big brown paper lunch bag. I saw many slugs on the branches one got on my hand and I shrieked! I had lots of fun in the garden and believe I am getting better working in a group.

<span style="color: #79ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">I will remember the sun beating down on the garden full of life.

<span style="color: #8c00ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 130%;">GARDEN JOURNAL #7 <range type="comment" id="100113"><span style="color: #ff0067; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;"><span style="color: #008080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">T his afternoon in the garden my group was the compost crew. We had to search for all these different types of decomposers. Then we had to pick a decomposer to write and draw about. I picked a really long skinny brown worm. It was about two inches long and VERY slimy it moved really slowly. <span style="color: #db00ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">GARDEN JOURNAL #9 <span style="color: #ff5d00; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Today in the garden it was my groups turn to be harvesters. It was the last day so we had to cook a feast for our classmates. We made sun <range type="comment" id="977109">choke hummus that we dipped in bread. Everybody said it was “interesting” and “good” I loved it. It was really sunny and beautiful today and I had a great time! Next Tuesday I will really miss the garden.