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School Garden Weekly · 3W ago

Garden Classes for Teachers

“Getting Your Green Thumb” is a free, fun, and practical professional development series for primary or secondary educators. Classes cover topics in garden planning, gardening techniques, and curriculum connections. Each class includes classroom instruction, hands-on activities, practice in an outdo
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School Garden Weekly · 1M ago

Using Eggshells to Protect Your Seedlings

Springtime means new plants sprouting from the soil and small transplants being added. If you have slugs or snails in your garden they will see these young, tender seedlings as dinner. One method we use to protect our seedlings is to create a ring of eggshells around them. Snails and slugs have soft
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School Garden Weekly · 1M ago

Make Your Own Bird Feeder

Attracting birds to your garden is a good way to keep away harmful insects. A good project for pre-school and elementary school students is to make your own bird feeder. Its so simple… 1) Recycle toilet paper rolls or paper towel rolls 2) Smear on peanut butter generously 3) Roll it in bird seed and
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School Garden Weekly · 1M ago

Grow LA Victory Garden Classes 2012

Proud to be teaching the Grow LA Victory Garden (GLAVG) classes again this spring. Please see registration details below and please forward to those who may enjoy. The Grow LA Victory Garden Initiative helps new gardeners start their own gardens quickly and easily in a container, in the backyard or
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School Garden Weekly · 2M ago

Good Food Day of Service 2012

The 2012 Mayor’s Day of Service in Los Angeles aka Good Food Day LA is a citywide event focused on strengthening and celebrating our local food system. On Saturday, March 31, volunteers throughout Los Angeles will be working together engaging in activities in support of good food at nearly forty dif
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School Garden Weekly · 2M ago

Tools for School Giveaway from Garden Tool Co.

Garden Tool Company will give three lucky schools a gift certificate for $500 dollars, so they can pick the tools that will help their school garden program the most. How to Enter Are you with a school or do you know of a school that has a garden program and could benefit from some garden [...]
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School Garden Weekly · 2M ago

Edible Petioles

Pop quiz: When we’re eating celery what part of the plant are we consuming? A celery stalk, the part of the celery plant we eat, is a special part of the leaf structure called a petiole. A petiole is a small stalk that attaches the leaf blade of a plant to the stem. Can you [...]
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School Garden Weekly · 2M ago

A Clothing Garden – Growing Cotton and Flax

We make a big deal about where our food originates from, but what about our clothing? Sure much of it is man-made chemistry, but natural plant fibers also contribute greatly to our daily wardrobes. Think of t-shirts, sweaters, and skirts made of cotton and shirts, pants and jackets made from linen.
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School Garden Weekly · 3M ago

Reflections on a New School Garden

By James Gardeneer, Principal, Austin Road Elementary School, Mahopac, NY I think we can all agree it has been an unusual winter.  It’s now the end of the first week in February and we still have no snow on the ground.  The temperatures are frequently hitting the low 50′s, and there are reports of b
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School Garden Weekly · 3M ago

Integrated Pest Management in the School Garden

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is the term we use to describe the methods involved in controlling animals and insects in the garden.  Before listing them it is important to point out the following: 1) Not all insects in the garden are harmful. Familiarize yourself with who the good bugs aka benefi
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