from the garden

Archive for January, 2007

Governator Funds School Gardens

Hopefully the word has gotten out that Ahhnold (with some great advice from Maria) has approved $15 million in funding directly to California School Gardens. This means from $2,500-$5,000 for YOUR school garden, if you are a California public or charter school. The California School Garden Network is keeping us all up to date about [...]

January 26, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Food System News

Three pieces of news to report about our Food System: one local, one regional and one national. Local first: Neighborhood Parks Council just released this Action Alert. A meeting today at San Francisco’s City Hall will address this legislation: Ross Mirkarimi, Supervisor for District 5, is introducing legislation to authorize Farmers’ Markets to be located [...]

January 22, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Worm Castings Ready to Go!

Here we are at Ida B Wells HS bagging up our fresh, ready to go worm castings! We started our worm bin in Mr. Pierce’s class last spring, using a Wriggly Wranch Worm Bin. By October, the worms had filled one level of the worm bin with castings, so we added the next level on [...]

January 17, 2007   Posted in: worm compost  3 Comments

Colorful Cauliflower

Check out these beautiful and unique cauliflower varieties that are flourishing in the Ida B. Wells school garden. The top one is Romanescu, the other Purple. Cauliflower is in the Brassica family, where all the mustards and cabbages belong. What part of the plant do we eat from a cauliflower? It’s an easy one—the flower, [...]

January 4, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Environmental Justice in California

I just heard on the radio about Invisible 5, an audio tour you take in your own car while driving down California’s I-5 from San Francisco to LA. The tour describes environmental justice struggles being fought along the way: Invisible-5 investigates the stories of people and communities fighting for environmental justice along the I-5 corridor, [...]

January 3, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment