What We Do For Students
Last night it happened again. Garden club ended, I had 13 students in attendance, and at dismissal, all were picked but one. Unfortunately, this occurrence has become routine for this…
Category: volunterism
Our Earth: What Will It Take?
Our planet is dying. We are killing it. I am not trying to be alarmist or hysterical, I am stating what I, and others, believe to be a fact. What…
Learning to Serve
Now that school is underway, students seem busier than ever. My youngest is an example. He has a full course load including AP classes, plays a varsity sport, and has…
My Thoughts on Community Gardening During the Summer: Take Two
Due to being short on time again today, I am reposting a blog piece I had written and put on the Evergreen Garden club at the end of August in…
Reaching out – Out Reach: The Last Two Weeks.
It is the height of the monarch migration season. By all reports, it has been a great year to be involved in the conservation of this species. Summer numbers are…
Raising Monarchs: Part II – Mid-July
As of last night, this monarch breeding season has allowed me to raise and release 13 adult monarch butterflies! That number is many times greater than than last year at…
A Tit for Tat System of Gardening
The month of May was consuming. This year, I had a new school garden to manage. It is very large, much larger than the school garden I was previously in…
Tenacity in Student Writing
Two years ago there was a particularly engaged and talented student in my writer’s circle group. She has been submitting writing samples to me on and off since I had…
