The Garden Grows

Several Daisies met yesterday afternoon for some weeding and planting. Cucumber plants from the seeds that were sown in early April went into the ground.

Lettuce, green onions and chives were harvested for dinner.

From now on, the weeks that we don't have regularly scheduled meetings, I'll plan on heading over to the garden after school. If girls are interested in joining me, that would be terrific.

Gift of Caring Cookies to the Marines

Before Girl Scout cookie sales started, the troop discussed what organization they wanted to donate cookies to. Lots of worthy community groups were discussed, but the girls voted for the Marines.

A group of Daisies (and their brothers) took advantage of a beautiful spring day to walk boxes of cookies over to the Marine Barracks at 8th and I. The guys at the gate were very happy and appreciative for the delivery.

Gorgeous day yesterday so we held our meeting outside. We talked about what it means to "be responsible for what I say and do," and how gardens need someone to be responsible for weeding and watering them. The seeds the girls planted two weeks ago have been up on my green house of a porch and have done great. The snap peas are ready to be planted and the arugula will probably be ready in a few days. The cucumber seeds and beans have sprouted and look great.

We read the second chapter of the It's Your Planet Journey story. In this chapter the girls meet a friendly honey bee who shows them where to dig for buried treasure in the garden. The girls find an old tin box with a little key and a letter from Juliette Gordon Low telling them that the garden will always open for them if they keep the key safe.

After a few games involving garden creatures and pretending to be seeds, I tried to get a group photo. I think it's nearly impossible to get a picture of all the girls together.

As the girls were picked up, we passed out permission slips for a field trip during the first week of May. You can turn those into either me or Lisa.

We also distributed information about Makemie Woods. Lisa and Heather finished the Girl Scout camping course last weekend which included an cold overnight camping trip at the Brighton Woods Girl Scout camp. I know they are excited about getting the girls outside!

Finally, our Girl Scout Cookie Sale is officially over. Thank you so much, Amy, for managing this huge job! I think it was a great success.