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A garden grows at school
By Harold Reutter
harold.reutter@theindependent.com
Published: Monday, May 9, 2011 11:23 PM CDT
Howard Elementary School fifth-graders are getting garden fever, a condition closely related to spring fever.
With either condition, people have a strong desire to be outdoors, where they can bask in the warm sunshine and enjoy a gentle spring breeze. Spring fever is perhaps most closely tied to students and the end of the school year, which is fast approaching now that the first week of May is done, heralding the arrival of high school and college graduations.
Garden fever is most closely tied to the warmth of the soil, with gardeners wanting the air temperature to rise enough that it begins to warm the earth so that any seeds or plants that are placed in the ground will not only survive, but thrive.
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