Too Hot for February..
Today’s class was about the weather and planning your garden around it.
Plants thrive and grow according to their season, healthy soil, seeds, and water, inconsistency in weather affect the way plants grow. for example, February is a winter month, normally cool season crops are in full bloom enjoying the cool and rainy days. But February saw very little rain and cold days. Many plants went into flower before their time was over, the leafy greens, root vegetables, and herbs weren’t as sweet, crunchy and juicy.
After class students helped clean the garden, water the plants and they planted carrot seeds, wildflowers, and radishes.
Composting. January 10th. That is when enrichla and our 100 partner school gardens will ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING EXTRA about our FOOTPRINT problem.
By EnrichLA Team |
Compost, Seeds and Art
By Flo Razowsky |
Compost, Seeds and using our Language Skills
By Flo Razowsky |
Compost, Seeds and Using our Tech Skills
By Flo Razowsky |
Compost, Seeds and Art
By Flo Razowsky |
Making Dirt + Parts of a Seed and Rain Day Sign Making
By Flo Razowsky |
Nothing Beets Organic Veggie Tasting at Utah St. Elementary!
By Rocio Prado |
Composting All the Way!
By Hillary Williams |
Purple Kale is a Huge Hit at T.S. King Middle School
By Andrea Richards |
Pride in Our Garden at T.S. King Middle School
By Andrea Richards |
Getting organized at Taking the Reins
“How do we know when to harvest?” aaaah…. a hunch? a feel? it smells right? fruit’s the right size? Why don’t we make a harvest calendar! Pulling out the trusty UC Master Gardener Handbook and looking up the approximate harvest time for each of our plants. The girls are attentive! Also, though it is…
A world beneath our feet… ALC students dig it up
“Eeeeeewwwwwwwwww!” said ALC student. “What did I do?” said squirmy worm exposed to the sunlight. “Worms are amazing. Here, grab one and I’ll tell you about what they do” said Garden Ranger. “Their poop is really good for the plants and they create air pockets for roots. Worms are legit.” said other ALC student. ”…
Sprouts for the Sprouts at Mid-City’s Prescott
The 1st and 2nd graders of Mid-City’s Prescott School of Enriched Sciences (the sprouts, the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders are the seedlings…) watched these radish babies grow from seed to seedling and last week we discovered why root vegetables sometimes grow hugging each other…like these carrots… Once roots start to grow and grow under…
Stewardship at Taking the Reins
Every Sunday I teach at Taking the Reins, a non-profit dedicated to building their four core concepts: responsibility, confidence, teamwork and leadership to teen girls in LA. Last Sunday, our main lesson was on garden troubleshooting and land stewardship where we made a list of things to do when you walk into the garden: watch…
Growing in the City…
Between Westlake (McArthur Park) and Downtown LA you’ll find Miguel Contreras Learning Complex, a high school made up of several ‘sub’ schools. One of them, the Academic Leadership Community or simply ALC. The after school garden group meets every Tuesday from 1:30-3PM in a small but oh so mighty garden overlooking downtown. From day one,…
The Wait for Water is Over- Berendo is Blooming!
This month at Berendo Middle School, the students learned about the soil pie chart, producers & consumers, climates & seasons, and parts of plants. This was these students first exposure to the garden so there was lots to learn! With the construction going on, the water had been turned off for a couple weeks so…
Ladybugs, Seeds, & Weeds at 2nd Street!
This month, the students at 2nd Street Elementary learned about dirt, friends & foes, seasons, and parts of plants. This was these students’ first exposure to the garden class so we were starting from ground zero- very exciting! For the “Let’s Talk Dirt” lesson, the students got their hands dirty touching some wet clay soil…
Journaling at Micheltorena
A few months ago, I trained under master gardener extraordinaire, Alexys. She brought out a gardening journal that was given to her by a family member and I just fell in love. I’ve been documenting my personal garden on Insta, via texts, in journals, you name it! So, if we’re going to work with kids,…
Upper Classes Presentations @Micheltorena
It’s time for winter break, and although the kids are probably so excited about the time off, it’s a bittersweet time for me as a garden ranger. Week 6 was our last session for this rotation and I couldn’t be more proud of my upper classes. Not only have these kids grown tremendously, but I…
Getting Kids Going with Composting @ Micheltorena
Kids are awesome! No, really, they are! They intuitively get things that take adults years to understand, and they don’t have all of these ingrained barriers. With that said, let’s get dirty. Compost. EWWWWWW right? Not really as it turns out, I only heard one “ew” from my classes and we moved on. I was…