from the garden

Archive for October, 2006

Garden Predators!

Yesterday we went on a garden safari in search of fierce predators in their natural habitat. It was just like a nature show. The students used their 5 senses, hand lenses, and Mac’s Field Guide to California garden bugs as their only guide. We had to be very quiet, patient, and observant. At first the [...]

October 24, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Pre-Gopher – For the Record!

For the record, here are the beds we have planted at the June Jordan / SMSE garden so far. See! No gopher damage! Well, OK, those few empty spots MIGHT be from just a small, snacking gopher. But look at our beautiful straight rows! In case the area is ravaged in a week, the proof [...]

October 17, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

The Search for Meaning

In Food class at June Jordan, we’re starting to talk about cultural foods and the marketing of foods. I think lots of us have an instinctive disgust for processed foods, fast foods and the like, because those foods are so empty of meaning. We are being “sold” these foods, with TV ads, media images and [...]

October 10, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Winter Crops on the Way

Students are busy at all three Urban Sprouts gardens, pulling out big, old raggedy plants, mixing in compost, smoothing it all out, and giving the new baby plants a cozy home. We’re starting over at the beginning of the school year, with a mix of students who gardened last year and students for whom this [...]

October 4, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment