Happy eARTth Day

Rain on Earth Day seems very fitting to me.

Stop by and see the amazing tulips the students planted last fall at school in the garden on the hill and over by the church. They are just stunning, and I thought the daffodils where good!?

The GSB school tree, which is a pink dogwood, is in full bloom as is the inspiration for the tree -the cherry tree which was planted in 1954 by one of the sisters who taught at the Shrine of the Little Flower in the courtyard in their inaugural year. The lone surviving azalea by the convent is getting ready to bloom, just as the forsythia is fading.

Speaking of nature, ask Mrs. Primm about the dueling osprey and bald eagle she witnessed Thursday afternoon over the lower Potomac River, absolutely amazing!!! What aeriel ballet...

Spinach Harvest

The school harvested the spinach we over-wintered last week. There was enough spinach for all 150 students to have a generous helping at lunch time. Our onions and garlic are doing well and the sugar-snap peas are doing well.

We still have not turned in our cover crops and they are getting quite big. We put mason bee boxes out but, haven't had a visitor yet at school. My bee boxes at home are filling rapidly. The daffodils and tulips are in full swing and our strawberry plants are looking good.