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Archive for May, 2006

Salad Day, Part 2 and Garden Party!

Congratulations to Burbank students for their successful end of the year Salad Day! Students from three classes of sixth and seventh graders harvested and prepared salad from the school garden and served it for the entire school at lunch. Youth and adults alike were grabbing salad bowls and eating up the tasty greens, with or [...]

May 30, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Video Profile: Urban Sprouts

Netsquared has created this great video profile about Urban Sprouts and our blog! school gardenblognonprofit

May 8, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Frying Taters at Ida B

Cooking days can be so relaxing and refreshing. At Ida B this week we cooked up the potatoes we harvested two weeks ago and made colorful french fries in the wok. So hilarious to see the big, tough guys eating pink and purple fries. Many of the ladies as usual showed off their cooking skills. [...]

May 4, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

First Sunny Day Photos – Ida B

After a bit of a delay in posting them, these pictures don’t seem so miraculous any more. But that first day without rain was amazing and beautiful. Taken by students at Ida B Wells HS. Watering our new spot:Bed prep:Planting baby leeks. Notice the famous yellow boot covers for delicate shoes!The artichoke that survived neglect.

May 1, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed