Tucker Hutmacher

May 18 Landscape Design
This is it!!!!!! Seniors you will present your final project on Tuesday morning during our regular time.
Your drawing should include:
1. typed plant list of the plants YOU add to the existing landscape
2. A picutre of a detail you add in your landscape
3. A neat quality design of course
Good luck seniors, we'll miss you , don't forget to come visit from time to time!
Jrs. your presentation will be during final on Thursday May 21
Have a great summer!
Ms H

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Dec 17 Nursery Production
The last week of the semester!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday & Tuesday finish up Nursery Management Plan, GH Clean up
* Take shoes home!! Shoes left after Friday at 10:15 will be placed in the trash.....................
Wednesday: Review and begin Nursery Management Plan Presentations
Final Friday 8:25 - 10:15
Have safe & relaxing holiday season, Ms H

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Dec 10 Nursery Production
We are still working on the Nursery Management Plan. You should have trees and containers located on you layout.You need to have at least 2acres (1 of trees & 1 of container) for Monday.
We have gone over tree lay outs, irrigation. YOU need to be looking at EQUIPMENT on line and REVIEW THE PACKET. The goal is for you to finish this by FRIDAY DEC 14.This is the last full week before finals...........................................................................
Please let me know if you need help, Ms H
tucker.hutmacher@cobbk12.org

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Dec 3 Nurserey Production
Only 15 more alarm clocks this semester.............................................
We will be working on the NURSERY MANAGEMENT PLAN all week. You should have a scaled grid on paper when you come to class on Monday. You are vey behind if you don't.
We will going over parts of an irrigation system Monday, how it works and pricing.
The remainder of the week you need to be drawing your buildings & labeling your sites & structures as well as going through the managemnt plan package you have been given. It is a very methodical process once you get started.......................................
Let me know if i can help, Ms H
tucker.hutmacher@cobbk12.org

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Nov 26 Nursery Production
Welcome Back!! I hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving Hoilday! I know I did!! We are on the home stretch............
So this is how it works, Resumes were due before the break, corrections will be made & returned if necessary and then grades entered; 100 points possible: 25 point deduction for eacxh day it is late. Remember you can email it if you need to.
Monday - read chapter "Starting a Nursery" & answer review questions
Tuesday - discuss the reading from Monday & begin a sacled drawing of your nursery
Wednesday - All students need a full scale drawing of the nursery Project scale 1"= 50
Thursday - Irrigation for your nursery (parts of an irrigation system)
Friday - Regroup, keep working on Nusery, work in GH, possible plug order to come in to be potted up
Let me know if you need any help, Ms H
Tucker.hutmacher@cobbk12.org

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Nov 19 Nursery Production
Monday your RESUME is DUE TODAY!. Please, please,please bring it with you to class on Monday. I gave many of you a worksheet if you lost your reume from a previous class............................
We will contiune to work on the Nursery Mangement Plan.
Tuesday Spices around the world! We will learn about different spices and where they come from. This is a perfect way to wrap things up for the holiday! If you travel somewhere over Thanksgiving please bring back a soil sample to add to our collection! Have a wonderfull & safe Thanksgiving, Ms H

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Nov 12 Nursery Production
I finished grading PGPs this weekend. They were very good and for the most part I am very pleased.
Last Thursday Nov 8 students were given a NURSERY MANAGMENT PLAN. This is a huge project that we will work everyday through the end of the semester. If you are one of those students who did not turn in a PGP or did a poor job this is a chance to redeem yourself.
The Nursery Management Plan project is for each student to create a 20 acre site. That includes growing facilites, tree farm, irrigation, equipment, employees, roads and crop rotation. I will up load it this week so if you need an extra one is available to. It is a very through project and it is laid out in a very methodical manner and should be presented in the same fashion by following the outline formatt.
UP AND COMING is a current updated copy of your RESUME. Let me know if I can help with anything, MS H

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Nov 7 Nursery Production
I hope you enjoy the extra days off and did something worth while..................... short week ahead
Wednesday- College Applications
Thursday NP project assignment -NURSERY MANGEMENT PROJECT
Friday work on Nursery Management Project
Enjoy the fall colors and the wekend, Ms H

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Monday we will have our ID test. Please study! ID notebooks are also due on Monday, remember it is worth more than your ID test.
Tuesday we begin potting up your PGP. Each student will need to keep track of how many 6" or 10" pots you have from each crop. We will perform a cost analysis as a class and then each student must incorporate that information into their written PGP report. The PGP report is due NOV 8.
Wednesday we will have cookout, all students will sign up to bring something.
Thursday finish potting up PGP, cost analysis, review requirments (which are on the front page of the packet).
Friday will be a demonstration on a fall centerpeice arrangement.
Monday & Tuesday Nov 5 & 6 are a student holiday. PGP due NOV 8
Please contact me if you have any questions, Mrs. H

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Oct 22 Nursery Production
Monday we ID plants (# 3,7,11,13) from our shrub ID list.
Tuesday FT to Smith Gilbert Arboretum! Leave HHS app. 11:45 our tour is 12:00 to 1:30 and then we shall go to lunch. Any suggestions? We are by Pine Mt. Rd & 41.......
Wednesday discuss FT & check on PGP
Thursday collect remaining plant samples
Friday mount the plant samples with a Test on Monday.
You guys need to be thinking about wrapping up your PGP, we will start potting them up the week of Oct 29 followed by a cost analysis................
Let me know if you need help & pray for rain, Ms H

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Oct 15 Nursery News
This week we will be collecting plant samples for shrubs and ground covers. You should have brought in your ID book for Intro by now as it worth 100 points and we are adding to it. Please remember to continue your PGP observations. Keep looking at trees they are awesome! Contact me if you need anything, Ms H

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Oct 8 Nursery Production
Things are looking great outside. Our class has done a very nice job! So look around show your friends and family what you have done!
This week we will do a work sheet for chapter 13. We will also read a chapter from your "old text book" on soils and media. Don't forget your PGP observation notes.................................... and you need to dust off your ID PHOTO ALBUM because it is time to do some shrub ID.. and you know this is my favortie part!
Please let me know if you have any problems, Ms. H

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Oct 1 Nusery Production
We had a great week last week with the feild trip and the pond seems to be holding!!
Monday Chapter 12 worksheet complete and review
Tuesday work on projects outside
Wednesday Chapter 13 worksheet and review
Thursday & Friday Green house project and outdoor projects This Friday is Home Comming and we need to look sharp!
Please remember to take observation notes on your PGP, we have amny start dates and each of you will need to keep up with your own dates & observations.
Plants the were ordered may be n and require potting up...
Please let me know if you need help with anything, Ms H

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Sept 24 Nursery Production
Monday and Tuesday we will review chapters 12 & 13. These chapters were handout I gave and were due on Friday! Many students only turned in 1/2 of the assignment. These are extemely impotant chapters to cover before our Feild Trip on Wednesday!!!!! we leave no later than 11:45 on Wednesday go to Southland Greenhouse, eat lunch and then off to Rambo Nursery returning to school appx 3:30-4:00.
Thursday we will review and write a compair & contrast of the 2 sites we visited. This information is critical to the project you have comming up. Please pay attention and act like the young adults I know you all are and ask plenty of questions!!
Friday we have PGP projects to check on . Please contact me if you have any comment, questions or concerns.
Thanks. Ms H

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Sept 17 Nursery Production
Monday, I am returning your research for your PGP some of you need to listen and follow directions and some of you need to turn your work in. ..... We are propagating Monday & Tuesday after a Basic Botany Review session.
We need to have finished propagtion Wednesday and certainly no later than Thursday! Remeber to replace at least one cutting/ plant back if you dig it up and clean up the area.
We have 3 chapters to read and review BEFORE we can go these field trips next week. We need to look smart and ask intellignet questions. I would like someone to bring a camera to document everything we see there.
Feild trip Parents, I will get an email out to you so you have an idea what & when we are doing. I really appreciate everything! Ms. H

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Sept 10, 2007 Nursery Production
We are coming to a close on some of our Nursery Projects..... Please take a look around and see what your colleagues have done. We will still be working on he arbor & pond. However they will have to pause as we need to move along to other pastures.
This week we need to review chapter 3
Go over your PGP & do some research and then get propagating
We have Pep Rally on Friday, many of you may not care BUT everyone in the school will be looking at what you have been doing. It is our time to shine and I am proud to show off your efforts
The FeildTrip:
Date 9-26 Wednesday
Depart HHS 11:45
Arrive Southland Greenhouse 12:15 tour app. 1 hour
Lunch (TBA)
Arrive Rambo Nursery 2:15 tour app. 1 hr & 15-20 mins
Return HHS app 4:00

We need at least 3 other/cars besides myself. STUDENTS MAY NOT DRIVE! I need parent volunteers, please!
Please check with your teachers to make sure you are not missing a test o0r project that day...................
Please contact me if you can help /volunteer to you have any questions. Thanks, Ms. H

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I hope Monday was a good day and you did something fun. I did shop for supplies..
We are still working on our phyiscal projects this week. Everyone should have done Chapter 3 by now. We will review this. PGP packets will be handed out this week and we will go over them and start to reaseach your project. We should begin propagating them next week. Which would also mean a BASIC BOTANY REVIEW! Stock plants should be showing back up this week. For those of you who "small projects" you will be doing a lot of GH work this week so plesae bring shoes and remember it will still be hot this week. I am reworking a couple of Feild Trip issues more on that later. Let me know if you need help or have questions, comments or concerns, Ms H

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Aug 27
This week ww will plant the seeds from our fruit salad on Friday which was AWESOME by the way..............(not sure about avocadoes in a fruit salad)
We will read chapter 4 and answer the review questions, this topic is on the business end of NP. We will also go over our phyiscal projects for the semester. Each will need to select one project, this is your contribution to the Hort program. You will work in groups of 3 or 4 depending on the scope of the project. Yes we will all sweat so a work t-shirt may be a good idea and don't forget about a pair of old shoes NO SANDALS.
Our supplies came in last Friday and we need to organize those................ Need to be thinking about your 3 plants for your PGP
Feild trps should be frimed up by Tuesday or Wednesday. Let me know if you need somehting.
Open House is Tuesday & Thursday this week. Thanks so much, Mrs. H

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Aug 20
We had a good first week! We could really use some cooler weather & some rain. This heat will limit what we can do outside until it breaks.................
Last week students began a NP biography. Each student selected a name of someone who has made some contribution to the nursery industry. We di d research on that person on Thursday Aug 16 and worked on it again in class on Friday Aug 17. Each student will share their information with the class on Monday Aug 20 via a poster or power point presentation.
Wednesday we will begin the History of GH production. We will also have a fruit salad project. Sutdents have selected a fruit to research and bring in at least 2 of that particular fruit for and salad and to grow! This is a lot of fun and we usually get a lot of interesting plants. I am in the process of planning 3 feild trips for the semester. We have a full clas (28) and I will need all of the parent volunteer drivers I can get. NO STUDENT MAY DRIVE THEIR OWN CAR ON ANY SCHOOL FT! Please contact me if you have any questions or ou can help in any way, email is best:tucker.hutmacher@cobbk12.org. Looking forward to an AWESOME fall, Mrs H

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Welcome Back!! Hope you had a great summer!!!
Wednesday Aug 15 students were given a biography assignment. We researched those today Aug 16 with varying degrees of sucess. We will work on those again Friday Aug 17. They are due Monday Aug 20. Hopefully, there is a link to a file that has a copy of the assignment......................
Let me know if it works

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Nov 13
PGP are due TODAY!!!!!!!
We start on your last project for the semester, you design a working nusery and come up with a feasibility plan. Most of this will be done in class. However some homework will be required on your part. Hopefully you have turned in chap 12 & 13 we will review these first.
Update your RESUME & Ref. List because that will be due before Thanksgiving break................
Let me know if you have any questions, comments or concerns, Mrs. H

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Nov 6
Last week we reviewed chapter 5 & 7. We aslo went over cost analysis for your PGP. We will continue to pot up your PGP this week. We will finish those this week with 1 or 2 crops that were slow to get statred. However, your PGP is DUE NOV 13. Please review your PGP packet for ALL of the informnation that is required for this MAJOR PROJECT. This week will also read chapter 10 & 11 in the text.
Next week we start on your Nursery Project! This is a really big project so use your time wisely this week. You will need every bit of time you can get on this one. Also as a reminder you will need to up date your resume with current information. You may want to get started on that!!!!!!!
How about those College Applications............................... time is running out
Let me know if you need help, Ms H

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Oct 30
All Plant ID books have been graded as well as you ID tests........
I IMPLORE YOU TO HANG ONTO THOSE ID ALBUMS YOU HAVE PUT ALOT OF WORK INTO THEM.
We start our unit on soils, fertility and plant nutrition this week. We will review chapter 5 & 7 that you read and turned in last week.
Tuesday is Halloween! We will ahve our class cookout on that day. All students have signed up for something to bring in please be sure you are here that day or lewt me know so I can fill in for you.
Some of your PGP crops are busting at the seems and need to be transplanted. We will work on that some this week as well. PLEASE KEEP TRACK OF THE # OF 6'" /10"/1 GALLON CONTAINERS YOU USE. This is part of your cost analysis, good records are important! Let me know if I can help you, Mrs. H

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Oct 23
We will finish up our shrub ID this week as well as review our trees that we learned in INTRO so you need to look around, take in the fall glory! That also means a test Thursady or Friday.
ID notebooks will also be due at the time of the test.
Most of our projects are finished uo and look great! You should be proud! I am!
We will go back to some book work very soon..................................................... We have 2 large projects coming up. One will be your PGP written project and the other will be to design your own nursery.
Twenty extra points will be given to your ID test if you can me you visited the web site listed below!
www.parkseed.com

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Oct 19
We are still working on our shrub collection to add to our ID notebooks. Guys if you think you have these already please look for them! Your ID notebook is worth a lot of points......... yes it will be due and yes we will have an ID test or 2!!! This is the week of Home Coming so we also try to squeeze in the finishing details of our projects.
There is testing on Wednesday that means 2 & 3 period wioll not meet and there is a Pep Rally on Friday.
Hort Club is supposed to meet on Wed and maybe we should reviist that..................................
Let me know if there any problems. Thanks so much Mrs. H

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Oct 9
Monday we will try to wrap up some of these phyiscal projects we have been working on. Tell your folks to come see what you have done! Everything is looking great! We will start Plant Identifcation this week. That means we will be adding to your Previous ID books and I know you all still have them............ We will will be doing shrubs and ground covers. We will also do a walking review of the trees you should already know. We should be working on ID and still monitoring you PGP. Please remember to keep good observation notes, this project is a large part of your grade. Let me know if you have any problems, Mrs. H

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Oct 2
Many of you are behind in your Nursery Growing Projects. You need to finish propagating your plants this week. The exception would be the perennail hibcussis as we are waiting for seeds to mature.
We will work on your growing projects and your group phyiscal projects. Tell you folks to stop by and see what you have done! Our goal is to get these outside projects finished up before Homecoming which is Oct 20.
It is also time to think about your ID Notebook............ yes, it is time. We will adding to your Intro ID Plant Book with shrubs and ground covers as well as review the 30 trees that are already in there. I know you have them so let's get them into class by next Monday Oct 9. I think it is going to be a gorgeous Fall. Hort Club Meeting on Oct 4, FUND RAISERS DUE. Let me know if there any problems, Mrs. H

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Sept 25
Hopefully all of your flats are potted up and ready to plant! That is what we will do this week! It may take us all week to take cuttings. Some of you who all seeds or finish first may need to pitch in and help other people. I should have more supplies in on Tuesday for outside projects.
I really enjoyed both feild trips. Please thank your parents for driving we could not have done it with out them!
Which reminds me that your compare and contrast summary is due by Tuesday. If you were only able to visit one nursery please write a detailed summary of your experience there.
Please contact me if you have any questions. Happy propagating! Mrs. H

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This is going to be a great week! PGP research was turned in Friday. I have graded them and we are good to go!!
Monday we will begin propagating your projects. This will take a few days to a week. Things to remember...
you are growing 2 flats of each crop, you vary something from one flat to the other; such as growing media, type of propagation, seed, mist irrigation vs. hand watering etc. Your media must be wet to start with, MAKE LABELS, KEEP GOOD RECORDS.
Early Release on Wednesday
FT to Rambo Nursery on Thursday!! Thank you parents for driving last week and spending part of your day with us! It was an awesome trip to Southland Greenhouse. Thank you in advance for driving this week! We have a large class and very awesome students.
Friday compare & contrast both of the nurseries we visited and propagted if we can and we still have on going projects..... like I said this is going to be a great week!! Let me know if you have any problems. Thanks, Mrs. H

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Please take time today to reflect on family and friends as well as remember those who lost their lives on 9-11.
Monday & Tuesday will work on some of our outside projects for 1/2 the class period and the 2 half we will going to the new computer lab in 421 to perform our research for our PGP! This is a huge project, students will grow 5 crops (10 flats) and experiment with different propagation methods, growing media etc. All students have been given a detaqiled packet of information. We will will be working on this for awhile, hence the name of the class Nursery Production! We go on our field trip Thursday to SouthLand GreenHouse on North Cobb Parkway. We leave about 10:15 and return at 2:00. I will be contacting those parents who have volunteered to drive and I thank you! Also plan to go out to lunch on Thursday.
Friday we will review the FT.
Please contact me if you have any questions. See you at open house this week! Thjanks, Mrs. H

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I hope everyone enjoyed the Labor Day Holiday! Last week we read on chapter 6 , answered the questions and defined a zillion terms, which was/is Botany. We will review this chapter this week. Students also selected physical projects to work on. These are on going and we will contiune to work on them. Next we start a unit on GreenHouse Structures. These topics are extremely impotant as they are the basis for our class, We also have 2 feild trips coming up on Sept 14 and 21. It is imparetive that you attend these 2 off campus trips. We will have a pop quiz over Botany sometime this week. You will have the chapter returned to you on Tuesday Sept 5, so you may want to LOOK them over.....
Be prepared we are at the mercy of the weather on our outside projects.
Please contact me if you have any questions. Harrison Open House dates are 9-12 & 9-14
Thanks so much, Mrs. H

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We had an AWESOME Fruit Salad last week! Everyone did an outstanding job!
This week we begin to cover and review (should be) Basic Botany. That means you need your TEXT BOOK. We will read chapter 6 answer the review and evaluation questions at the end of the chapter. I know you are going to love this,,, so we are also going to DEFINE ALL of TERMS at the begining of the chapter and there ALOT of them! So be perpared.... This is important stuff. Growing structures will follow this the next week. So we seem exceedingly bright when go visit people in the indusrty on our feild trip the following week. ALSO be thinking about what crops you would like to grow! I still need at least 2 parent volunteer drivers for the feild trip. Please let me know if any one can help. As always please contact me if you have any questions or probelms. Thanks, Mrs. H

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Students you have 2 things to present today: one will be a breif overview of your College & Career Center experience. SENIORS many of your college deadlines are Thanksgiving Holiday or sooner for Fall 2007!!!!!! Yikes!
Juniors better get with it time will be here before you know it, get busy!
Biography poster or power point or written report is due to day those will be presented to the class in depth.
Text books????? I do not know. I will photo copy some class sets of chapters until we have something. Please understand that our schdule is subject to change.
We should cover history of GH & NP as well as growing sturctures.
We will have a Fruit Salad project this week. We will be eating and growing a fruit that you select off of list.
We will also do some research on this as well because you need to know something about the fruit ou select right?!
Our salad should be on Friday 9-1.
Please contact me if you have any questions. Thanks, Mrs. H

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Welcome back! I hope everyone had an AWESOME summer! I know you looked at plants everywhere you went! Good job. We will growing lots and lots of plants hence the name Nursery Production. We will aslo be taking at least 2 feild trips this semester to look at 2 different types of nurseries. I will need parent volunteers ot drive so let me know if you are interested!
Papers and stuff will be coming home Tuesday/Wednesday please make sure parents you look this over and students please show this stuff to your folks they are still interested in what you do in school! There will be a permission slip to operate equipment during horticulture class at Harrison High school. Please return this to me as soon as possible it just makes things easier.
Later in the semester you will need your photo ID books.......
Please bring in an Old T shirt that can get dirty and an old pair of tennis shoes for lab. No student will be allowed to participate in lab without a closed toe hard soled shoe> Safety first!
Thanks I look forward to a great fall semester. Ms H

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