Kohlrabi was harvested recently and like other uncommon vegetables the question most asked was, what do we do with it? First, a little information; Kohlrabi is a member of the cabbage family. Its name is derived from the German Kohl (cabbage) and Rube or Rabi (turnip) because the swollen stem looks like a turnip. The […]
After a three week winter break school gardens with watering angels (or on automatic timers) saw a spurt of growth that caused many to utter “WOW” upon their return. Pea vines were 7 ft tall and full of ripe pea pods. Bok choy that wasn’t picked before the break had bolted and flowered with stalks […]
From the New York Times, The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating We got 3 of these growing in our school gardens (4 if we knew how to dry plums.)
Curtis Jones is President of BotanicalInterests.com, a family owned seed company based in Colorado. Botanical Interests offers a very unique seed selling fundraising program that works particularly well for schools and especially schools with gardens. School Garden Weekly (SGW): Curtis, what inspired you to start this unique fundraising idea for schools? Curtis Jones (CJ): The […]
See this previous post for more about thinning.
Thank you to Michael Levenston at CityFarmer.info for uncovering this gem, a digitized school book from School Garden Series, published in 1918. The uniforms may have changed, but much of the instruction is still valid. The Child’s Food Garden, With a Few Suggestions for Flower Culture by Van Evrie Kilpatrick, 1918, Principal of the Carlisle […]
We’re eight weeks into the school year and we’ve been harvesting since week one. Only a year round school garden can make such a boast, true, but the real secret is our perennial herb bed. Whenever we’re in between seasons or waiting for something to mature there is always the herb bed. Since day 1, […]