from the garden

Archive for March, 2010

Scarecrows and sauerkraut

At June Jordan School for Equity, we are battling urban wildlife in a quest to get our spring garden established. Snails, birds, and gophers have forced us to use row cover to shield sprouting seeds, wire cages to protect seedlings, and recycled CDs and plastic bags as urban scarecrows. Our tactics are meeting with some [...]

March 25, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Uncategorized, edible, nutrition, school garden, volunteer  2 Comments

Save the Date — May 1st, 2010

Greens, Eggs & Jam Garden Brunch Please join us for our 3rd annual Greens, Eggs & Jam Brunch!! Taste a delicious brunch created by chefs from NOPA, Radio Africa & Kitchen, and Contigo Restaurants featuring some ingredients from our school gardens, tour our Ida B. Wells garden, and hear from students about their Urban Sprouts [...]

March 15, 2010   Posted in: family, fundraising  Comments Closed

Garden Beautification

It’s an exciting time at Aptos Middle School as we work on garden beautification.  Iona, a local artist friend, created wooden signs in the shapes of various fruits and vegetables for students to paint.  Additionally, we have been collaborating with local graphic artists to create a garden mural at Aptos.  We’re kicking off our mural [...]

March 12, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Ladies Lead Way to Reducing School Waste

In an effort to reduce the school’s trash output, three bright young 8th graders at Martin Luther King Middle School have chosen to create a compost education project. I am honored to be working with these three and have enjoyed getting to know them. Recently we have been working on

March 4, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: compost, school garden, school lunch, youth involvement  Comments Closed