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A Garden Year: October 2011

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Friday, October 28, 2011. 8220;There’s too much work to leave it behind,” I say. “Shall we watch the game as we shuck? We don’t eat the corn we are harvesting today, not yet, though the kids all taste kernels. But it IS corn harvest day, after all, so the teacher has found (Bill’s Farm Basket, oh ye locals) the kind of popcorn that is sold still on the cob. The kids carefully separate the kernels from the cob—watch out! Location: Sebastopol, CA 95472, USA. Thursday, October 20, 2011. A half hour before w...

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a million tiny things: Disturbing the peace

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A million tiny things. Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Welcome to the June 2012 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Embracing Your Birth Experience. This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have written about at least one part of their birth experience that they can hold up and cherish. That someone had called the cops. Somewhere in my cracking pelvic bones, I knew. And I had a Plan. 8221; across the fence, to which the mid...

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A Garden Year: The Three “S”es

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Friday, March 16, 2012. The Three “S”es. Kind of like the three R’s (you know, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), but wetter. Our follow-up to our first hands-on rainy-day watershed lesson is our ever-popular boots-on rainy-day watershed lesson. How do you help the rainwater replenish the aquifer and not all just escape to the sea? First, we follow the water. All over the campus, down drains and through pipes and across the field, down through the garden. And we see which one would allow the salmon to spawn safely.

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A Garden Year: October 2010

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Monday, October 25, 2010. 10/19: Bringing in the Corn. The corn harvest was so inspiring, it produced a true sense of reverence even in wild child. Here's a link to the photo album. To get a sense of the day. Saturday, October 9, 2010. 10/6: Apple day (or, adventures in food preservation). T comes and demonstrates Apple Cutting 101 for our first group. Unlike me, she has the forethought to encourage them to “never put your fingers between the cutting board and the knife.” Who knew? Who is Wild Child?

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A Garden Year: September 2011

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Friday, September 30, 2011. Sometimes the kids follow the script without any prompting. Wild Child looks down into the bowl of fresh salsa we have just made and says, surprised, “There’s a rainbow in this bowl! Couldn’t have said it better if I tried and tried. Recipe for happy, happy third graders:. Try out the new solar oven on something easy: fill the pan with chips and grated cheese. Yes, the garden kitchen has embraced nachos this week, since we have so many many ripe tomatoes perfect for salsa.).

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A Garden Year: Growing up

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Thursday, May 10, 2012. First, admire our fabulous new bean teepee, then read about our day…. It’s getting warmer, with that energizing spring heat, and we are all glad to be back out in the garden after the last week of standardized tests. For the morning, we must all band together to get those tomatoes into the ground! As I expected, the whining sets in, just about when I call them back to the task at hand. 8220;It’s soooo hot.”. 8220;But, but, but.”. Whine, dig, complain, lose focus… but eventua...

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A Garden Year: March 2012

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Saturday, March 31, 2012. Having recently attended a training in which she was convinced that kids have too much constraint in their lives (really? Seen a much cleaner floor). And the windows really are a little more transparent. Pumpkin Muffins for the People (makes 30 good-size gluten-free muffins). Stir in 1 cup maple syrup and 4 tsp vanilla. 5 cups Pamela's gluten-free baking mix,. 2 big scoops of cooked pumpkin (about 2 cups or more- ours was cooked in the fall and frozen until now),. The Three &#82...

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A Garden Year: April 2012

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Friday, April 6, 2012. The kids have been clearing the beds by their classroom like mad to make way for all the new starts. Pulling up old plants with gusto, barely remembering to save a few for seeds, mostly just pulling pulling pulling—uprooting toppling fava bean plants everywhere to make way for MORE KALE! This week: Spring Rolls! Buy: brown rice spring roll wrappers. For the dipping sauce, mix to taste the following:. Mint leaves, chopped, whatever kind the kids want from the garden. 8221; you ask.

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A Garden Year: December 2011

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Friday, December 30, 2011. No school. No garden class. No rain. I don't mind the first two. But maybe a bit of the third would be nice? See you after break- if you're looking for some reading, check last week's holiday message. Saturday, December 24, 2011. Real, True Gifts. She is giving you a. Here, people.”. Based on my completely uninformed impression that it had a strong pro-environment message. My kid sees a planet being abused. And who am I to correct him? Recipe in pictorial form:. Last spring, du...

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A Garden Year: May 2012

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Thursday, May 10, 2012. First, admire our fabulous new bean teepee, then read about our day…. It’s getting warmer, with that energizing spring heat, and we are all glad to be back out in the garden after the last week of standardized tests. For the morning, we must all band together to get those tomatoes into the ground! As I expected, the whining sets in, just about when I call them back to the task at hand. 8220;It’s soooo hot.”. 8220;But, but, but.”. Whine, dig, complain, lose focus… but eventua...