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School Garden Gratitude Posted by Brandon L on April 2, 2022, 11:11 am Thanks to the many people who support the school garden program. La Semilla Organic Food store has agreed to sell any leftover produce from the Friday Tianguis / community market. This week we have leftover lettuce and arugula. Once again this week we had produce donations (eggplant, dill and spring onions) from Guadalupe’s garden who also runs a bike shop in town. If anyone has an ice cooler that they will not be using this summer, it would be helpful to the store produce in the organic food store. The refrigerator is too cold for the lettuce. We are seeking some bilingual speakers to volunteer at next Friday's market to help with the sales (maybe 2 hrs starting at 9:30am) Our gardener, Argenis, will be there but he speaks just a little English. Special thanks to teachers, Rosy Camacho and Irving Medina for initiating the first after school garden program at the primary school. On Thursday, there were over 20 students participating. They planting some seeds in an egg carton (for easy transplanting) and started a pineapple garden. Next week they will begin a composting system.

Re: School Garden Gratitude Posted by Jo Anna H on April 2, 2022, 11:16 am, in reply to "School Garden Gratitude" Fabulous, Brandon, to see these kids with their hands in the dirt. You have done so much to keep this project alive and vibrant. :0)

Re: School Garden Gratitude Posted by Stephanie on April 2, 2022, 12:52 pm, in reply to "Re: School Garden Gratitude" Thanks also to Peter’s amazing energy on most days to keep the garden fruitful! Shall miss you my friend! And Irving, you rock! So good to see the kids back in the dirt!

Re: School Garden Gratitude Posted by PATRIZIO on April 2, 2022, 1:52 pm, in reply to "Re: School Garden Gratitude" brandon ,peter you two and the whole team are special !

Re: School Garden Gratitude Posted by Carol on April 2, 2022, 6:45 pm, in reply to "Re: School Garden Gratitude" So much gratitude to you, Brandon, Peter, and to all the people who are so dedicated to this project. I am really excited to think of the primary schoolyard as the next location for children to learn how to grow food crops. It seems like a real win/win. They will be able to check the progress of their plants every day. It will be a challenge building up the soil in the schoolyard. I have finally got a good composting system going, and have extra compost and aged goat manure to donate to the primary school garden, if that would be helpful. Just let me know.

Re: School Garden Gratitude Posted by Teresa on April 3, 2022, 10:48 am, in reply to "Re: School Garden Gratitude" Just a wonderful project. The arugula is delicious. Very strong flavored. Those little turnips are delightful, so hard to find "nabo" here.

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