Eco Camp Session 2: Day 5

Tina from RREAL demonstrated how different colors are affected by the sun.















Osa created a solar cooker out of an old pizza box.















The kids used compasses and clues to find their way around campus.




















Teaching the kids how to save our planet, Eco Camp Session 2, was another success.

Dalton

A few posts ago I promised I'd introduce Dalton when I was able to capture a photo. It was no easy task but I finally caught up with him. Dalton has been working with Cody, Derek, Sarah, Jim and the rest of the garden crew on various projects around campus this spring and summer.

Weeding, Mulching and More

Last week I had the opportunity to spend some time outside with the garden crew. Being out in the sunshine was a welcome change. Sarah and I spent the morning pulling weeds, laying cardboard and adding mulch to the artichoke berm. The afternoon brought more of the same in the raspberries. We also mulched the path between the raspberry rows.


Before...
After...

Sarah celebrates a job well done!

Eco Camp Session 2: Day 4

Michelle lead the kids in a game of Tree Jeopardy















The kids learned how to reuse paper by making it back into new paper.

























Our snack was Watermelon Pop Stars.











The Eco Campers colored
their own reusable totes made
mostly of recycled
plastic bottles.
















Our visit to the transfer station was fun and educational!


















Our campers this week weighed 1340 lbs.

Invaluable Staff at Eco Camp

Our summer staff is having fun with the Eco Campers. Michelle, Jenny, Jade, & Cate are all working hard to keep up with the kids. They are a FANTASTIC asset to HDT!!! YAY girls!!

Eco Camp Session 2: Day 3

The Eco Campers pulling weeds and thinning out the radishes at the Happy Dancing Turtle Community garden plot.




The kids used their garden markers to mark the vegetables in our HDT garden plot.



















It's snack time in the school forest! Yum! :)




















Barb leads the kids in Tree Identification.




















The Eco Campers learning about the pond.

































The kids enjoy making Hummingbird feeders from old baby jars.



















The kids enjoyed preparing their own Bagel Faces for our afternoon snack.