Today the first phase of our drought tolerant garden irrigation lines went into the ground. Our IEUA liason, Andrew Kanzler, was there to assist the UUSD groundsman in the installation. He is the gentleman responsible for creating the landscape design 
plan for our lovely garden and he will be helping us complete the final portion of the irrigation after we have planted the greenery. Next step will be tilling in topsoil, laying out the planter beds and planting the trees, shrubs and groundcover plants. We can use all the help with planting that we can get, so everyone get your shovels ready! Right now we are looking at Sept. 11 as our delivery date and Saturday, Sept. 12 as our planting date, but more information will follow as we firm up the schedule with the IEUA grant team.
In the garden we have a cotton plant that is beginning to set the cotton bolls. Mrs. Sorvetti is very excited because she has never seen cotton grow before and thinks the cotton flower is so pretty! 
There are a lot of birds and insects we have seen over the last week enjoying our garden. Our friend the Praying Mantis has taken up residence again on the sunflowers!
There are also a lot of weeds that have taken root! Anyone who would like to help clean up the garden weeds with Mrs. Sorvetti is welcome. Some of the Baldy View staff and students have enjoyed eating some of our summer harvest of vegetables. Maybe Mrs. Sloan and Mrs. Martinez will share their recipes on our blogsite for their stuffed zucchini and tomatillo salsa. School begins in just a few more days and we hope all the students will visit the garden and tell their parents to come on Back to School night and see "what 's growing on".
