Signs, and compost ideas from life lab
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Ideas for school garden signs
These are photos of signage from life lab. They are fun and great for interpretation.
Tallest eggplant ever
Lauren and I took photos next to this eggplant in my backyard. It is a volunteer and is as tall as our apple tree! I guess all that zoo-doo put a little elephant into this bad boy. The plant is just starting to produce fruit now.
Root boxes
I first saw these when I was at Life Lab which is the educational garden program at UC Santa Cruz. This is a wood planter with a hinged wall that allows kids to see the roots of a growing plant. Here are instructions for making one.
http://www.kidsgardening.com/growingideas/projects/july04/root-view-box.pdf
really cool.
Cold weather seeds
Last Saturday I planted my first seeds for the new season. I did broccoli, cabbage, chard, and leeks in paper pots.
I direct sowed some lettuce and chioga beets.
More to be planted hopefully very soon.
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