School Garden ready to start planting
We are excited to get back to the school garden with a new group of first graders. We’ll start the season by digging potatoes and sowing seeds for fall crops.[…]
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Harvest Moon Social, Auction and Annual Meeting is SATURDAY October 18th. YOU are invited!
You are cordially invited to join Grayson LandCare SATURDAY, October 18 5:30-8:30pm at the Goodwill Grange #959, 840 Grange Hall Road, Troutdale VA, 24378. Doors open at 5:30 pm. Please[…]
Kids enjoy harvest from the School Garden
48 first graders have enjoyed 2 harvests from the School Garden. They tasted lettuce and radishes in class on May 13 and took the same ingredients home on May 20.[…]
Spring in the Kids Garden
The Kids had great germination for their spring crops of peas, carrots and radishes. Potatoes are just starting to come up and we planted cool season greens as well: lettuce,[…]
School garden update
We are thrilled to be back at Independence Elementary School this spring. John Alexander, Vanessa Austin and I are working with three 1st grade classes. We have sown seeds and[…]
Fun in the School Garden
We recently adapted the Farmers Market’s “Grow more Vegetables” class for the 4th grade. We used various items to illustrate potential plantings in the raised bed garden. Then they went[…]
What’s happening at the Kids Garden
Susan Mitchell and I had a great time modifying the Farmers Market Grow More Vegetables calss for the 4th grade. Kids had the opportunity to model a vegetable garden using[…]
School Garden Update
We are thrilled to have graduated to the 4th and 5th grades after 3 years in the afterschool program. The Independence Elementary School Garden is now part of the 4th[…]