Author Archives: Jonah Mossberg
The Moon in Springtime
Spring has arrived at the Edible Schoolyard! We greeted last week’s equinox, and onset of the new season, with open arms. It is wonderful to watch the transition out of dormancy and cooler weather. While our mild Berkeley climate keeps the ESY a luscious green oasis straight through the winter, there is truly nothing as [...]
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A Report Back on Counseling Enriched Curriculum Immersion Week
This past week, we tried something new to help us bridge lessons in the garden to those in the school classroom. We spent the days in the garden with King’s Counseling Enriched Curriculum (CEC) program, which is made up of students who, for a variety of reasons, do not thrive in mainstream classrooms. In previous [...]
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Beans, Beans, Beans
This year, we planted more beans than ever before. During our summer program in June, we sowed over 10 varieties of beans with the intention of saving them for seed or using them to make delicious meals in our kitchen classroom. Some of the varieties we grew this year are Scarlet Runner, Cannellini, Anasazi, Gigande, [...]
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Harvest, Thresh, Winnow, Repeat…
Fall is a beautiful time to be in the garden. These days, we are busy trying to harvest all that autumn’s peak brings, as well as cultivate and plan for the winter season. Here at the Edible Schoolyard we grow several different types of grains: in the winter we plant wheat, barley, and oats; in [...]
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Life Into Death Into Life
This week, 6th graders are focusing on the heart of the garden–compost! As our good friend and teacher Wendy Johnson says, “Garden fertility comes out of the discarded waste of our lives.” And indeed, here at the Edible Schoolyard, all students play a vital role in helping our food and garden waste turn into beautiful, [...]
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Potato Power Potato Tower