Friday, September 30, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
What's Small, Green, and Makes Soil Better?
A green manure crop, of course!
This cover crop of cowpeas, buckwheat, and lentils will add nutrients and organic matter to the soil.
The seedlings are flourishing and should be ready to incorporate into the soil in about five weeks. Take a look.
This cover crop of cowpeas, buckwheat, and lentils will add nutrients and organic matter to the soil.
The seedlings are flourishing and should be ready to incorporate into the soil in about five weeks. Take a look.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Design-a-Sign
Want to help the WGHS Gardens and Outdoor Lab Project reach and inform the largest audience possible? Help us out by designing and/or creating eye-catching signs with interesting and inspiring messages about the gardens and their contents. These are the signs we need most right now:
- a name plaque bearing the name of the garden ("Willow Glen High School Gardens and Outdoor Lab" with "Main Garden" underneath)
- a "Welcome" sign with rules and requests
- an informational sign with a basic description of the WGHSGOL program
- a friendly notice to groundskeepers and custodians to NOT apply to or use in the immediate vicinity of the garden any toxic chemicals
We also need help with developing a graphic identity (logo, etc.)? Interested or think you know someone who is? Please send an email to justin_bursch@sjusd.org.
- a name plaque bearing the name of the garden ("Willow Glen High School Gardens and Outdoor Lab" with "Main Garden" underneath)
- a "Welcome" sign with rules and requests
- an informational sign with a basic description of the WGHSGOL program
- a friendly notice to groundskeepers and custodians to NOT apply to or use in the immediate vicinity of the garden any toxic chemicals
We also need help with developing a graphic identity (logo, etc.)? Interested or think you know someone who is? Please send an email to justin_bursch@sjusd.org.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
Planting Party!
The wait is finally over! Join us for a planting party--nothing fancy, just good old-fashioned dirty fun--at the Willow Glen High School Gardens and Outdoor Lab (WGHSGOL) main garden site in the back of the school (on Dry Creek Road) from 5:30 to 7:30 this Sunday (September 4th). Stop by, have some lemonade, plant a cowpea, sow some buckwheat, make some new friends, and help our gardens grow!
I will give a short talk explaining the benefits of cover crops (warm and cool season) and demonstrate the use of a simple but effective preparation for legume seeds (beans, peas, peanuts) that can help give them a big boost as they grow. I'll also talk about the vision for WGHSGOL and answer your questions, too. So come on down and make this a true "Labor" Day weekend.
See you in the garden!
Justin Bursch
Garden Manager and Project Director
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I will give a short talk explaining the benefits of cover crops (warm and cool season) and demonstrate the use of a simple but effective preparation for legume seeds (beans, peas, peanuts) that can help give them a big boost as they grow. I'll also talk about the vision for WGHSGOL and answer your questions, too. So come on down and make this a true "Labor" Day weekend.
See you in the garden!
Justin Bursch
Garden Manager and Project Director
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