The idea of building a solar oven to cook something from the garden was inspired by one of the first parents who helped us build the garden in the summer of 2011. Neil and I were sitting at the garden one day in the extreme heat when he told me that you could easily build […]
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At first glance, this post could very well be about Swiss Chard, a gorgeous edible that grows in so many wonderful colours that it is actually referred to as Rainbow Swiss Chard. In fact, these plants featured in this picture are Rainbow Swiss Chard but why I took a picture of these poor plants is actually what
Seed Classes – Lessons Learned Of all the lessons we learned this year at Forest Grove Elementary’s Garden Program, the big one was that direct sowing, planting right into the garden, yielded an amazing harvest. Bringing kids outside to use the garden as it was intended, as an outdoor classroom, even in the rain, was a real
Kale in the rain. Our Kale grew to a huge 6 or 8 feet this year after being planted last spring. Kale also oddly enough, represented the virtue of “forgiveness”. The Gr. 6 class last year tried growing it in their classroom only to mostly neglect their seedlings by not watering them. Instead of judging or
Salad. The joys of growing our own salad and the hope that one day we might be able to feed the whole school with a salad bar from our garden came to life this year. Direct sowing in the garden lettuce seeds in March/April, meant a huge bumper crop of a variety of salad greens including:
Full of Beans! The beloved, Bean Archway was created for the second time this year. This is a great way to provide both support for growing pole beans as well as shade for the garden and a cool hang out place for the kids. Last year was the first year we built the archway and by the time
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