Weep or Reap? School Gardens and Learning.
This is a rebuttal to the article in Atlantic magazine. http://www.ecoliteracy.org/essays/school-garden-debate-weep-or-reaphttp://www.ecoliteracy.org/essays/school-garden-debate-weep-or-reap
Getting Started: The Book!
Whittier Gardeners: I downloaded the book “Getting Started”. It is so inspirational and beautiful. We’ve done a lot of this. Get the free Getting Started is a 51-page guide designed and published by the Center for Ecoliteracy in collaboration with Life Lab Science Program, a national leader in garden-based education. http://bit.ly/Dy45d
Photos from Colorado
Here is a photo of what our mullein may look like next fall. It is a very important lung plant. The flowers are used in tea and tincture form to combat colds and earaches. It is safe for children. The stalks are also fun to to use for play sword fights and people also used [...]
Wednesday in Xochiquetzal Garden
Irene and I had a second workday this week. Our task was very daunting. We took on the reorganization of the shed!! I got there around 10:30 am after seeing that I couldn’t work in the science lab because Rose had waxed the floor. I would come back to work there later. I started the [...]
Tuesday in Chief Seattle Garden
We had a whirlwind work day on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. five gentlemen from a halfway house on 18th Street helped us. They dug a really deep hole, so we could finally place Nina’s totem pole in Chief Seattle. They (perhaps too zealously) pruned the viburnum, so little kids can run and hide behind it. [...]
McKinley Farmers Market
Garden Journal 8-30-09 Andy and I went to the McKinley Park Farmer’s market today. McKinley Park Farmer’s Market is a fair trade, organic farmers market held the last Sunday of each month during the summer. It takes place at La Palapa Restaurant on Damen at Archer. We brought lemon balm, papalo, collard greens, thyme, sage [...]
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