Monthly Archives: June 2009
First Potato Harvest
One of the garden crews was assigned the adventurous task of harvesting potatoes! First, the students pulled the potato plant – leaves, roots, and all – out of the ground. A few small potatoes were still connected to the plant and easily harvested this way. Then, with gloves on, the students dug around in the [...]
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Our Summer Farm Stand
This morning, the students warmed up for a big garden harvest with stretching and a little yoga in the oak tree circle near the north entrance to the garden. Kyle led the group in moon salutations and warrior pose. Those who started off skeptical quickly became the fiercest warriors among us! We then broke off [...]
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The Making of a Lavender Wand
Today, Esther taught the students a fun and festive craft project using our very own lavender from the garden! Start by picking an odd number of long lavender stems. Cut a piece of ribbon twice the length of your arm span. Tie the lavender bunch together at the base of the blossoms. Turn the bunch [...]
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First Day of Summer… A Forager’s Paradise
At 9:00am this morning, almost thirty students arrived at the ramada for the first day of our summer program. Everyone picked a garden or kitchen name for the week (“Peter Pestle,” “Alicia Amaranth,” “Salvador Spoon,” and “Rayleen Radish” were some of the favorites). The group was then divided into garden and kitchen crews. The garden [...]
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We Have the Best Volunteers!
We have thirty incredible volunteers come to ESY once a week to work with classes, spend time with our students, or tackle a daunting weeding project. Last night was our chance to show them how much we appreciate their gift of time and hard work by hosting our annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. Of course, they had [...]
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Memories from the 8th Graders at the Edible Schoolyard
Every spring, the eighth graders at King come to the Edible Schoolyard to make pizza in the wood-burning oven. They participate in three stations during the class. One is to thresh and winnow wheat and grind it into flour using a mortar and pestle or our grain bicycle. Before they get to the oven, the [...]
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Alabama Chanin at the Edible Schoolyard
Natalie Chanin and Kay Woehle from Alabama Chanin came to the Edible Schoolyard on Saturday, May 30th and hosted a stitching workshop. Twelve crafty women from the Bay Area participated in the day and we had a sliver of the south as we sat and sewed and listened to Natalie’s amazing stories about how her business [...]
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One Tall Trellis