2013年4月16日星期二

Belle Valley students get their hands dirty in school greenhouse


No matter what the weather is outside,The interior LED Tubes has come with different shapes and designs in the form of a rods Solar charger tubes which can be perfectly fit into any interior of car. students at Belle Valley School in Belleville can get their hands dirty taking care of plants in the school's greenhouse.Teacher Alycia Obernuefemann, who is Mrs. "O" to the kids, said the fifth- and sixth-grade science students are responsible for maintaining the greenhouse, which includes watering plants, harvesting vegetables, feeding fish, looking for insects and "deadheading" -- removing dead flowers."They absolutely love it," Obernuefemann said. "They turn into different kids when they are out there. Their little faces light up."As fifth-grader Aiyana Anderson, 10, picked sweet peas from a gardening bed inside the greenhouse, she said, "It's so fun. I would love to do this every day."Aiyana said sweet peas are "actually good." She enjoys eating them as well as feeding them to the class pet, a bearded dragon appropriately named Sweet Pea.In addition to sweet peas, Belle Valley students have also planted beets, carrots, radishes, garlic, mint and parsley in traditional gardening beds around the outer ring of the greenhouse. In a garden located in the center, the students are caring for annual and perennial flowers and banana tree plants.

Using aquaponics, the students are growing cabbage, tomatoes and tilapia fish. Aquaponics is a method of growing plants and fish in system that re-circulates the water. It's a combination of aquaculture,Metal fabrication services were developed to manufacture parts for large machines metal machining the industry has diversified in the last few years. also known as aquafarming, and hydroponics, growing plants in nutrient-rich water."The fish are our source of fertilizer for the plants in the bed," Obernuefemann explained. "We feed the fish, and they do what they do.With the huge demand for chemical etched products today solar mounting would find a number of etchers and etching companies that claim to be the best But do not go by words alone. With their waste product, bacteria break it down naturally and that is pumped into the plants."Fifth-grader Hannah Miskowski, 11,The first thing you will need to do in relation to finding Solar garden light best solar lights is to consider the space within your garden. said she likes feeding the fish and watering the plants. Likewise, classmate D.J. Shumpert, 11, said he likes feeding the fish.LED Outfitters specializes in providing lighting solutions Motion sensor light other accessories for a wide range of emergency vehicles.Outside the greenhouse, students tend to raised garden beds. Obernuefemann said the beds contain different kind of milk weed plants that monarch butterflies feed on. The school has applied to become a Monarch Way Station. "Hopefully, we will have a butterfly habitat," Obernuefemann said.

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