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Re: Planning Annual Vegetable Crops

Soleary — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:38:18 -0000

We have it pretty tough here in the northeast but we are experimenting with using row covers to start our spring veggies really early and grow a late fall crop.

Re: 1986 ~ Life Lab Promotional Video

Grace Shillinger — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:19:59 -0000

I was the lead teacher in Ohio for the National Pilot of Life Lab. It was such a complete program and the staff at Life Lab were so wonderful in their direction and motivation. It became the focus of our science program for more than 15 years and the foundation to teach the State Wide Benchmarks.

Re: Make A Human Sundial

Marianne — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:19:24 -0000

Hi John,
Our program at Avalon Elementary School's Global Garden, Naples, Fl. just received our plans from sunclocks in Scotland. They were awesome to deal with. We are in the process of deciding where to put it and what materials to use. I'll keep you posted\.
Thanks,
Marianne Ravenna

Re: Planning Annual Vegetable Crops

Jgraham0901 — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:58:39 -0000

this was a good website!!

Re: The Garden, A Master Teacher

Niños Cosechando Salud — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:45:57 -0000

Started a program in Mexico City in 2009 in various government and private schools and it is growing as more and more people are becoming convinced that the vegetable and fruit gardens are basic in children´s learning and have a rippling effect with the community. Our effort is called Niños Cosechando Salud.

Re: Day Camp Registration Open

Skh1313 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:47:29 -0000

I wish you would add more classes, it looks like we are too late to be in the class again.

Re: Free Garden Science Exploration Units

Elizabethm — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:27:00 -0000

Thank you for these sample lessons! I have been able to print out Garden Habitats & Soil Stories and I am unable to print out 1st & 3rd grade lessons. Any suggestions or help anyone can offer so that I may print these as well?

Re: Top Ten Contest

Aime Sommerfeld — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:21:41 -0000

One of my favorites from my Nonna was and still is, "a little dirt never hurt!". I tell it my daughter regularly and she is still learning that a little dirt is relative in regards to fresh carrots...they are better when you at least wipe them off first!

Re: Cookin’ With Kids

Cidny Whiler — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:54:22 -0000

i love cooking with kids i have been teaching them about healthy choices and also introducing them to sushi lately.

Re: Rolling into the New Year

MARIANNE — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:22:12 -0000

I LOOKED AT YOUR ROLLER PARTY PHOTOS FOR GAIL H., BUT DIDN&#039T SEE HER. GAIL, DO YOU ROLLER SKATE? I HAVEN&#039T SEEN YOU FOR YEARS..WE MISS YOU.

Re: 400 Interns and Counting – Working with Interns at The Garden Classroom

Joanne Calkins — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:53:37 -0000

I am an elementary teacher who used Life Lab materials in fourth grade and kindergarten. I loved it and so did the kids. Now I am retired and I am going to help start a Life Lab program at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM. I also garden with my grandchild whenever I can get him to come visit me and he loves gardening, even though he lives in LA. Life Lab is so much fun I can&#039t live without it.

Re: California School Garden Survey

john — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:26:52 -0000

Great. We look forward to learning about your project.
JOHN

Re: California School Garden Survey

Elizabeth Dougherty — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:43:02 -0000

We are building a school garden map that also indicated which schools are focused on water management and what their water systems are. It would be great to work together with you on that project. Our School Garden Water Management intern, Sasha Kramer, will contact you.

Re: Meet Our Chickens

Fiona Alms — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:26:54 -0000

Love the web cam. Thanks

Re: How Do You Say “Rake” In Spanish? – Spanish Language Garden Resources

Angela McGregor Hedstrom — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:47:39 -0000

These are great! Thanks for sharing. Cornell Garden-Based Learning recently translated our Seed to Salad curriculum to Spanish. You can access it here: http://blogs.cornell.edu/garde...

Re: Top Ten Contest

Abbie — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:02:50 -0000

I know I am a bit late but Our Farm Youth Initiative Program this past summer was a great success.The FYI program consists of a two-day nutrition and gardening class for children from Kids Cafe sites in the Washington metropolitan area. FYI education themes change every growing season, with this year&#039s theme centered on every child&#039s favorite thing, snack time!
The first day is a one-hour session on how to read an ingredient list in order to tell if you have a healthy snack. The class uses hands-on demonstrations and activities to keep the kids interested including getting to prepare a snack together in groups. The "edu-tainment" continues the next day with games and activities at Clagett Farm. Students plant, water and harvest fresh vegetables from the pizza and pasta ingredient gardens. Then, they make a healthy pasta salad together with the freshly picked vegetables. They also get to play in the sprinkler and feed crickets to the Clagett chickens.
Every child who goes through the two-day course receives a CSA share, which works out to about 75 pounds of fresh, organic produce for every site who participates in the program. In addition to the CSA shares the students take home with corresponding recipes, participants harvested over 145 pounds of fresh produce.
As one young participant put it, "This is more fun than all you can eat pizza and wing night at my summer camp!" We couldn&#039t agree more.

Re: Free Garden Science Exploration Units

guillermina campos — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:42:46 -0000

I&#039m working to intergrate the life lab in a Montessori system School, I&#039ve worked with the Life Lab curriculum in Mexico for 10 years, now i need more ideas to start this project in Canada...Thank you!

Re: Reuse and Repurpose in the Garden

john — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:40:28 -0000

Here are some more great resources on this topic. - John
http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.c...
Recycled Materials in the Garden from the Green Education Foundation http://bit.ly/ptiOz7

Re: Top Ten Contest

Shelley Mitchell — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:24:26 -0000

While teaching TENTH grade biology (in rural Oklahoma, no less), we were near the end of our unit on plants and one of my sophomores got all excited---"I know why we have to cut the grass! I know why we have to put water in flower vases! PLANTS ARE ALIVE!" I didn&#039t know whether to laugh or cry.

Re: Worm Bin Bingo

positive thinking — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:57:06 -0000

Lots of green goodness on here. Great site!

Re: Top Ten Contest

Renee Rose — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:35:59 -0000

After reading Tops, Bottoms and Middles to my 2nd grade class and discussing the way some vegetables grow above the ground and some below, one of my students chimed up that she knew how to make carrots-a "bottom" vegetable into a top vegetable- just plant the seed upside down she announced triumphantly!

Re: How Do You Say “Rake” In Spanish? – Spanish Language Garden Resources

John Banks — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:25:35 -0000

Thanks! great resources. The planting guide will be great to share with our parent volunteers

Re: Our Vision in Action

Rachel Perkins — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:44:11 -0000

Thanks for sharing about CAN I checked out their site, pretty incredible stuff going on. I also want to be an apprentice at the farm. Well some day, dream a little dream...

Re: Top Ten Contest

Fiona Alms — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:34:41 -0000

While looking at our garden full of vegetables at home, my youngest child said "Mamma we won&#039t ever have to go to Safeway again". If only our garden could look like summer all year round!

Re: Our Vision in Action

Fiona Alms — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:22:15 -0000

That is a beautiful place! My kid went on a field trip and loved it and so did I!