https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a Padlet starters: Use one or more of these words in a padlet entry to tell about your learning today: photosynthesis, diversity, edible yard, rain barrel. Which plant was most interesting: squash, bitter melon, yellow pepper, red pepper, turnip, ginger, taro root, shiso, green onions, cherry tomato, carrot, mint, okra, Chinese string bean, squash, or eggplant? How does photosynthesis relate to Mr. Jiang’s edible yard? What plants have roots that are food? Leaves? Fruits? Name a way that you were respectful, responsible, and/or safe on our walking field trip. en-us 2016-09-14 11:40:00 UTC 2024-04-19 19:00:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png johnfarmer https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123718454 I know where producers get their energy from... ME!]]> 2016-09-14 11:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123718454 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881386  It's so cool how Mr.Jiang's plants are watered by rain water that comes through the gutters and into a bin. It was also cool that he had an edible yard. I would love to have an edible yard like that. The most interesting edible thing that I probably saw was the ginger root. One way I was respectful, responsible, and safe is I didn't  walk inside of the garden. I stayed on the outside of the garden. It's cool to think that the whole garden wouldn't happen without photosynthesis.]]> 2016-09-14 18:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881386 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881391 I think the most interesting plant was the squash, and how it grew in a big tunnel made out of twigs. It was so cool to get to see the water barrel gathering water from up on the roof. I loved getting to see the ginger growing in the ground, and also getting to see the long green beans. The way that photosynthesis connects with the garden is the water comes in through the roots and it goes through the stems into the leaves, which helps it grow. Overall it was an awesome field trip.  ]]> 2016-09-14 18:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881391 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881398 There was a diversity of plants, but my favorite was the long string beans. The tunnel was super fun because there was big huge fruit dangling down from a vine and Mr. Jiang had to put stuff under them so It didn't fall. That was my favorite part of the field trip. I learned that Mr Jiang had to work most of the time on his garden to make it so BIG!]]> 2016-09-14 18:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881398 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881399 I like the tunnel it was so cool to see some food I've never even heard of. There was a huge diversity of plants. I can't believe that the taro or elephant ears were bigger than my face. They had a huge rain barrel that had a hose. I liked smelling the mint. I can't believe all these plants grew by photosynthesis. I also learned that you can eat the roots, leaves and fruits of different plants.]]> 2016-09-14 18:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881399 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881400 I enjoyed the field trip. I loved the tunnel of of plants. I learned about how Mr. Jiang uses rainwater to water his plants. I thought the "Elephant Ears" were awesome. They were so BIG! I thought it was cool that they have so many plants in one piece of property. The circles of plants were very cool. I liked being able to see all of the different fruits and veggies growing. I don't know how they would be gardening all day! I really enjoyed the walking field trip.]]> 2016-09-14 18:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881400 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881440 The thing I liked about Mr. Jiang's edible garden was the tunnel with the big fruit on the top of the tunnel. I also liked the round gardens. It was pretty cool when we got to smell the mint. I like how the garden was pretty much all edible.The rain barrel connected to the hose was also cool because they used rain water instead of connecting it to their house and getting water that way.

]]> 2016-09-14 18:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881440 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881445 I liked that there were different plants there like mint, ginger, onions, and more. There is an edible garden there where they grow food. Edible garden means that there is a garden that has many edible things. There were many flowers on plants and there was Chinese string bean plants that were very big.]]> 2016-09-14 18:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881445 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881484 At Mr. Jiang's Edible Yard I learned that water goes down the drain pipes and goes into a bin.  When the the water gets high enough the water comes out of the hose and that is how they get water to their plants like onions, mint, shiso, yellow peppers, bitter melon, okra, taro root, really big squash, zucchini, and many more cool plants.   

]]> 2016-09-14 18:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881484 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881487 Today was the best field trip ever. There was so many awesome plants that I have never known about. What was my favorite part is he built this big garden house made out of sticks. It was so big and very shady. I think if that was my house, I would stay under there all day. I got very hot, but it was worth it.

]]> 2016-09-14 18:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881487 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881549 My favorite part was smelling the mint. It made me feel like I was chewing gum! (even though I don't like mint gum :\  But it was cool anyway) ^-^ Then I also liked walking through that tunnel. ^-^]]> 2016-09-14 18:23:15 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881549 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881552 I learned that to grow a successful garden you have to spend most of your day working on it.There are three different types of food that I saw today that you are supposed to eat the root: carrot, ginger, and onion. Mr. Jiang is very all-natural with his garden. He uses a rain barrel. A rain barrel is a big bin that holds all of the water that runs down the gutter and he uses that water to water his plants. My favorite part was the overhang of his huge squash and how everything that he has grown is edible.]]> 2016-09-14 18:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881552 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881574 It was cool to see all the plants. Mr. Jiang grows zucchini and I eat zucchini! I also liked the  tunnel that we walked in with the squash and beans hanging from above. It was fun learning about different types of plants and fruit. The mint smelled great and they looked awesome too! I wish I could eat some of the food he grows.]]> 2016-09-14 18:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881574 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881575 That field trip was so much fun and the squash was  so big my favorite thing was the tunnel. There was a huge diversity of plants and the string beans were the biggest string beans I have ever seen. They were so nice inviting us over to see a yard where almost everything is edible. The bitter melon (a pine-cone-looking melon) was so cool. We were also being respectful by not talking, safe by following directions, and responsible by not going crazy.

]]> 2016-09-14 18:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881575 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881587 I liked the string beans. They were so cool. I have never had string beans. The round areas and the radishes were really interesting. Also the trees for shade were cool to look at. I have mint in my yard too. The rain barrel was really interesting. I would like to see it in action. The leaves were really big on the elephant ears. The green house built out of sticks was really big.]]> 2016-09-14 18:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881587 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881628 When we went to the garden I saw things I have never seen before. Like really long Chinese string beans. Another thing I have never seen before is taro, also known as elephant ear. We saw a lot of food that came from the root like onions, turnips, ginger and many more. But my favorite thing I saw was the squash. It starts out small and then it gets bigger and bigger and bigger until it's huge and heavy.  ]]> 2016-09-14 18:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881628 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881704 I thought that the field trip was so fun. I mostly enjoyed the tunnel. It was both amazing and cool! I also enjoyed the veggies and fruit and learning new things like the orange part of a carrot is the root and other everyday veggies too! One of my favorite things was the "Elephant Ears." I thought it was so cool you could eat the roots! They're so big! Lastly, I can't believe that photosynthesis was part of all THAT! The field trip was amazing!]]> 2016-09-14 18:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881704 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881740  I liked the mint. I liked going under the "cave." I found the shiso most interesting. We grow the mint plant at my house. It was amazing how the sticks held up the plants for the squash trellis. That was very cool.]]> 2016-09-14 18:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881740 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881764 I like that we got to walk through the plant "cave" where the squash was growing over our heads! I can't believe that the branches can hold the weight of all those squash.

]]> 2016-09-14 18:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881764 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881814 Something cool that I learned about the edible garden was that the food was not all fruit. It also was the root and the leaf that was edible. Another thing that was cool was that all of the food they grew was different than what other people grow in their garden. Like the beans were different than what people grow and they didn't just have square gardens, but they had circular gardens too.]]> 2016-09-14 18:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881814 kevinbrown https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881980 it was awesome. All of the plants were cool. I especially liked seeing the tomatoes because I really like tomatoes. The yaro looks like big elephant ears.:) ]]> 2016-09-14 18:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123881980 https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123882328 Some of the edible roots were carrots and onions. And some other veggies were green beans, squashes, tomatoes, carrots, mint and, salad leaves. I liked how he got water from the rain to help him water the plants. My favorite area was the place where all of the squashes were. The vines were on the structure.]]> 2016-09-14 18:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/123882328 johnfarmer https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/124490678 2016-09-16 22:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/johnfarmer/nn8aie12r13a/wish/124490678