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August 22. 2018
The cooler weather is heading our way and the monarchs will be heading to Mexico for the winter. Watch the skies around the first of October. The great monarch migration will travel directly over Fort Smith and our garden. Our hummingbirds will migrate as well, as they head for warmer climates down south.
September 1, 2018
The chrysalids are dotting our milkweed landscape! Some caterpillars have even attached themselves to the bricks of our school wall! One is hanging from our windowsill!
August 31, 2018
They are here! At least a dozen monarch caterpillars have hatched and are enjoying our milkweed patch. We have a variety of sizes: from a few days to almost two weeks old. We will be seeing some chrysalids soon!
August 25, 2018
We have seen plenty of butterflies, bees, hummingbirds and other winged creatures enjoying our garden. Be on the lookout for butterfly eggs and caterpillars, especially on the fennel and milkweed...we've spotted lots of momma monarchs laying their eggs on the underside of the milkweed leaves!
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Banana peppers!
The pepper plants keep on producing!
Got onions?
Moving Mulch
The Summer Garden Club broke a sweat while mulching around our raised beds.
Summer Garden Club
These are a few of the hard workers who kept the garden producing all summer!
More mulching
Harvesting potatoes
The pepper club!
Bibb Lettuce
Our 5th and 6th Grade Science classes are growing Bibb Lettuce in our light boxes. As the weather cools at the end of September, we will transplant these in the new raised beds. Stay tuned--a salad party is scheduled for early November!
Our Butterfly Garden
Our Monarch Waystation-- Keep on the lookout! The last of September and first of October brings migrating monarchs on their way to Mexico!
Chubby Larva!
This guy (or gal) will be making its chrysalis soon!
Towering Flowers!
The kindergarteners have thousands of seeds to enjoy!
The "J" Position
This monarch caterpillar is preparing to molt for its final stage, the pupa, or chrysalis stage--the final step before becoming a butterfly. It crawled up and attached itself to our classroom window!
The Chrysalis
In just a few days, an adult monarch will emerge from this chrysalis. We hope to capture it on video when it does!
Seed Harvest!
Our Garden Experts have gathered a bumper crop of milkweed seeds! Next: attempt to grow them in our classroom this fall and winter!
The Great Pumpkin Patch
Mrs. Boyd's class is ready to harvest their pumpkins they planted last spring!
Seed gathering
A Garden Expert gathers seed pods that have burst open inside our seed bags.
Seed bags
Students place bags around milkweed pods in order to catch the seeds before the pods burst open and the wind scatters the feathery kernels.
Watermelon Time!
Mrs. Boyd's class also planted some watermelons. They have been harvested and are delicious!
Garden Expert
One of our Garden Experts points out our milkweed babies (monarch larvae!).
Preschoolers Garden Box
The little kiddos have enjoyed watching all the winged creatures visiting their garden plot.
Monarchs are arriving soon!
Our Sutton Garden is an official Monarch Waystation listed on the University of Kansas's Monarch Watch registry.
Grade Level Raised Beds
These are the 2nd through 6th grade garden beds. Flowers, milkweed, pumpkins and watermelon adorn these gardens.
Kiwanis Provide the Muscle!
Commissary Kiwanis of Fort Smith build the four sections of the Sutton Butterfly Garden. December, 2015
Observing the Monarch Nursery
The babies have emerged from their eggs!
K-Kids Snack Sales
The Sutton K-Kids sell nearly $5000 in snacks over three years to provide all the funding for our Sutton School Garden.
Swallowtail Caterpillar
This swallowtail caterpillar munches on some fennel-an herb planted in the Sutton Garden just for him!
Dirt Day!
Students and staff move dirt into the butterfly garden. March, 2016
