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Continue reading →: Starting Jicama Seeds
In our Mexican Garden this year we are going to make an attempt at growing Jicama. You may have seen it in the grocery store – a big, tan tuber with crunchy white flesh. (Yeah, I know that describes a lot of tubers.) Jicama is a vining plant that produces…
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Continue reading →: Garden Renovation: Days 6 & 7 – Shade Structure ConstructionBy the end of last week we had moved firmly into working on the shade structure over the classroom area. Since we are in full-on rain delay at the moment, I thought we should take a look at the progress over the last part of last week. After all the…
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Continue reading →: Grow Good Food Workshop Presentations & Handouts
For those of you that were not able to attend the Grow Good Food Workshop on Saturday, March 17th OR if you wanted to get another copy of the handouts, everything that I have currently is linked below. I will try to add the few that I am still missing.…
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Continue reading →: Garden Renovation: Days 4 & 5 – Finishing Drainage & Beginning Structure Layout
After the rain on Sunday, we weren’t expecting a whole lot of activity on Monday. We were surprised! The crew put down big sheets of plywood to walk and drive wheelbarrows on so they could continue putting down the gravel over the drain lines. Yet another example of why we…
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Continue reading →: Garden Renovation: Days 2 & 3 – Layout and Beginning Drainage Work
On Tuesday, the next step in our garden renovation began. Before anything else could be done, it was necessary to mark where all the drain lines and beds were going to be. There were lots and lots of little green flags all over the garden that marked the edges of…