Butler Catholic students' gardening efforts pay off
Big, small, warty, smooth, green and orange … the pumpkins grown by the Butler Catholic School Garden Club intrigued the students as they harvested them Friday.
Amid shouts of “over here!” and “wow, look at this one!,” BCS staff members Kate Jordan and Krissy Wissinger cut the pumpkins from the vines as the students then moved them into the school building.
The pumpkins are a months-long project for BCS and its garden club, beginning in early spring when they test the soil and prepare it for planting. Seeds are sown by club members in May, and tended throughout the summer by Garden Club members and their families.
This is the second year for the pumpkin patch, and the excitement is even greater than it was the first year.
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