1999
 

MARCH

Award of Toyota Grant

Preplanning Session

Created pitcher plant tanks

Ordered pots and soil
 

APRIL

Mixing of soil

Planting of pitcher plant seeds

Planting of pine tree seedlings

Presentation to KG School Board

Added automated watering system to tanks
 

MAY

Planning sessions

Signs developed

Participated in Market Square Day with poster presentation of project

Presented project to PES staff
 

JUNE

Planning sessions

Signs installed

Create expense spreadsheet
 

JULY

Printer purchase

Purchase light table supplies

SOL curriculum development

Start light table design

Web page online

Tour for King George Master Gardeners
 

AUGUST

Setup light table
 

SEPTEMBER

Field trip to Meadowview Biological Research Station for collecting seeds (Carolina

Press Newspaper and The Free Lance-Star onsite for pictures)
 

OCTOBER

Open house for community

Field trip to plant pines

The Free Lance-Star visited PES for pictures and interviews with students
 

NOVEMBER

Purchase other carnivorous plants for inside
 

DECEMBER

Moved pitcher plants inside

Field trip to plant Long leaf pines back into wild
 
 

2000
 

JANUARY

Started first fertilization of indoor pitcher

FEBRUARY

Second fertilization of pitchers

Started long leaf pine seeds

MARCH

Third fertilization of pitchers

Weight and volume experiments with pitcher seeds

Presentation to King George School Board on project

Plant second group of long leaf pines

Interim report on Long Leaf 2000 Pine Germination Experiment

APRIL

Last planting of long leaf pines of this year

MAY

Papers presented to the Virginia Academy of Sciences on pitcher plants and long leaf pines