Helping with the community garden

The past few days, some students and I have continued to prepare the garden. The garden is located in the courtyard of the school, surrounded on all 4 sides by classrooms. The plan is to have 6 raised flower beds, that contain both aesthetically pleasing plants and vegetables that are practical to eat. The students also created plans to create a compost bin, and they will use the recently decomposed matter to help fertilize and sustain their garden. The hardest part so far, has been bringing the 30+ pound cinder blocks through the building and into the courtyard, where they will line the gardens and support the compost bin. As you can imagine, carrying these blocks by hand may not have been the best idea. Just picture very small and skinny 6th graders, trying their hardest to walk 100 yards with the blocks. They have a look of pain and determination, as they labor through the halls. Unfortunately, as one might imagine, things went downhill quickly when one girl dropped a brick on her foot; and she broke one of the bones in her foot. Luckily, the teachers quickly treated her and took her across the street to the Clinic where she was put in a cast and taken care of. That's all the news on the garden and I'll update you as more happens.