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.
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.
Swirl by Swirl at Arroyo Seco
There’s too much fun in garden class to have a case of the Mondays at Arroyo Seco! Today with the kindergarten class we learned about all the spirals that we see in nature, and how spirals are nature’s way of packing in things nice and tight, or grasping onto things with a strong grip. We…
A Food Chain Scavenger Hunt at Mt Washington
A big reason to get into gardening? The food! Nothing is better than watching a little seed make its journey from a baby plant in the dirt to a yummy meal on your plate. Today we learned about food chains, and how all of life is interconnected through food! We learned about producers, primary consumers,…
Parts of the Flower at Atwater Ave Elementary
It was my last class with the kindergarteners of Atwater Ave Elementary and I was so sad to see them go! We were able to round out our unit learning about seeds to learn about the parts of the flower and make our very own flowers to take home! We learned earlier that the flower…
Water Travels In A Cycle Yes It Does @ Mt Washington
All living things need water to survive. Luckily, water travels around and around in a cycle so we can keep using it over and over again. The same water we drink now is the same water that the dinosaurs swam in millions of year ago! Today we learned about the water cycle, and the kids…
Friend or Foe? – Arroyo Seco
There’s no better way to learn new things than with a riveting game of freeze tag! Today at Arroyo Seco we learned about some of the living things in the garden, and which ones were our friends and which ones were our foes. First we learned about all the little critters that eat our plants:…
All paths lead back to the sun – Mt. Washington Elementary
This week at Mount Washington we learned about food chains and how all living things are interdependent. First I asked the kids, ‘What do humans like to eat?’, and then, ‘what does our food like to eat?’. We made a food chain that ended with the plants getting their energy from the sun. Of course,…
Flower, Stem, Leaves and Roots at 20th St Elementary!
There’s no better way to learn new things than with a fun song and dance! At 20th Street Elementary, we learned the parts of a plant with a fun song that’s a riff on Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. Here’s our new garden version: Flower, stem, leaves and roots Leaves and roots Flower, stem, leaves…
Let’s talk dirt at Arroyo Seco Museum Magnet!
Although most people don’t think too much about soil, soil is what grows the plants that feed us and give us air, and filters the water we drink. It’s through soil that we are connected to all living things! And the main ingredient in soil? Dirt! At Arroyo Seco, we got to learn about why…
It all starts with seeds at Atwater Elementary!
I love my kindergarten classes at Atwater Ave Elementary because I get to introduce them to a whole new world of the garden! And as we all know, all of the wonders of the garden start with an itty bitty seed. We cracked open some soaked beans and got to look at the seed coat,…
Post-Rain Bugs
At Frank Del Olmo today, we had a blast discovering all the bugs in the garden. Because of all the rain and moderate temperatures around Los Angeles, the insects are happy and healthy and ready to say hello! We had not explored the garden in a few weeks due to Spring Break and the rain,…