It’s amazing how time flies by when you’re having fun. With two weeks left in the school year the students and I had a lot to do to prepare the garden for parent-student summer care. We worked hard during part of each class, and I had a gang of students who came in to help…
The last day of garden class was an especially fun day. It was all about bugs! Pest Detective Lesson I had just discovered an infestation of white grubs in our garden, a slight set back for the plants but a perfect learning opportunity for the students. I set up three pest scenarios, corresponding with the…
Throughout my weeks in the garden at Grand View Elementary, many of the seedlings were doing very well, big and green and producing fruit, while others were stunted and turning yellow. It looked like they were barely thriving draught conditions. After monitoring the watering system, it was clear they garden beds were getting plenty of…
Fruit kabobs are a fun treat for any age and any combo of fruits and vegetables. We used bananas, apples, cucumbers, cantaloupes, kiwi, and grapes. They were are delicious but we found the appples were difficult to spear with the skewer with out them breaking apart. We learned that the softer fruits and vegetables work best….
Boy, we were busy in the Grand View Elementary garden on Wednesday! Earlier in the week EnrichLA started installing our sprinkler system so we had a little clean up work to do and we finished planting the tomato and pepper seedlings. The herb garden has been affected by some kind of pest. Slugs or caterpillars are…
