After closing down our gardens for the winter the students have been able to focus on lessons about how plants grow, sustainable agriculture techniques, and plan ahead to the spring about what they would like to plant.

Our students were so encouraged this Thanksgiving by serving vegetables they grew themselves to their families that we are working backwards....

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Growing your own vegetables and herbs teaches skills to last a lifetime. You learn moderation and balance, timing, patience, self-confidence, and more! Home vegetable gardening, while hard work, is also a fun experience.

There are many reasons people choose to garden, but we’ve uncovered our top 5:

Top 5 Reasons to Plant a Vegetable Garden

5) Healthy food....

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So what exactly is an educational school garden?

Basically, it is an outdoor classroom that is set in a working garden. It is a place where children can learn about science, math, ecology, language arts and even social studies. It can inspire writer’s workshops, art projects, nutrition awareness and increase hands-on science exploration. An educational....

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Each year the National Garden Bureau chooses one vegetable and one flower to showcase throughout the entire season. The crops are chosen because of their popularity, but also because they are easy-to-grow, widely adaptable, genetically diverse, and versatile.

Then it should be no wonder that the NGB chose 2011 as “The Year Of The Tomato”.

Don’t know about your growing zone, but ours this year was hot, hot, hot! Perfect weather for a bumper crop of okra and collards, and the tomatoes and peppers performed quite nicely, too (when we remembered to keep them hydrated). But it was interesting to see Mother Nature self-regulate herself when the weather got just too hot to handle.

This was most....

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