A Diary intro from Girl Scout Troop 5208 on their Gardening Activities:
Good afternoon Mr. Chambliss,
Our Girl Scout Troops seeded from our bank account the Jackson Twins $400.00 for the Eagle Project. They gave me receipts of $439.52 for the Projects. I have not turned them into Dr. J. Williams, but I will attach them to this email.
The girls accented the project with flowers for the front beds of the Lake Elementary, then bought the vegetables (tomato and squash seedlings) for the raised box beds. We joined with the community and staff on their JPS Beautification Day, July 30, 2022
In fall 2021, each Girl Scout had her own vegetables, such as greens, broccoli, cabbage, and bell pepper. They raised these veggies at home. They logged in their growth and shared pictures, as we discussed in our meetings, the things that worked and failed. We continued this Fall with weeding and helping the Grade 3 students harvest and the Exceptional Education students plant greens for the Winter. For the Grade 3 and Exceptional Education students, the girls discussed what they learned and made a coloring book of the vegetables grown. Troop #5208 had two Junior Girl Scouts, KeShawna Luckett and Mallary Shearrill earned their Bronze Award for their project work.
Sis. Constance Stovall
Girl Scout Leader, Troop #5208
A Diary Intro From Boy Scout Troop 51 on their Gardening Activities:
The gardening project was really two projects.
The Boy Scout Troop 51 built garden platform boxes at the Elementary School. I estimate that this involved approximately $200 in materials (lumber, nails, lining, etc. The boxes were an Eagle Scout project. The concept here is that the school would have this as an asset to produce gardens from now on.
The Girl Scouts and Brownies planted, tended, and harvested the Fall garden. The cost of planting soil was the major cost, approximately $100. Seeds and gardening tools were another $50.
With this front-end investment, the cost of future gardens will just involve an additional layer of planting soil and seeds or sprouts for whatever is being planted. These additional items should not cost over $50.
Last year, I used discarded five-gallon paint buckets and used a combination of backyard soil, Black Cow manure, and sprouts purchased from the local gardening store for about $25. The plants growing in the buckets did better than the vegetables I planted in the backyard!
Hope this helps.
Milton Chambliss
Scout Master Troop 51
To learn more about AAMES and how to start a garden, contact Vivianne Frye-Perry, Connectional Director of AME Girl Scouts, at vfrye-perry@amescouts.org or Clarence Crayton, Connectional Director of AME Boy Scouts at ccrayton@amescouts.org
