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Keeping resources in the garden with worm compost.

WATCH THIS VIDEO: A student videographer checks out one of our worm bins. We regularly harvest worm castings from these bins to enrich the soil, especially in raised beds.

February 26, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: compost, school garden, urban garden, video, worm compost, youth involvement  One Comment

Cracked up!

Spring semester is in swing at June Jordan School for Equity. The favas and mustard planted last year are looking great and we are prepping the beds with compost for our spring plantings. The chickens are thriving in their new coop, and they’ve started laying again! But it’s not all what it’s cracked up to [...]

February 3, 2010   Posted in: chickens, video  One Comment

Cooking Collards on Video

I am very excited to bring to you a glimpse of a day in our gardens. Thanks to our new Flip cameras, you can see Urban Sprouts in action preparing freshly harvested collards into delicious, simple, gourmet snacks! Students at both Martin Luther King middle school and International Studies Academy have gotten excited about sharing [...]

January 29, 2010   Posted in: local food, nutrition, organic, school garden, video  Comments Closed