Peanuts, Peanuts! It’s time to harvest your peanuts! Did you know you can grow peanuts in Kansas City? It’s quite simple: plant your peanuts right before kids leave for summer break and with adequate watering visits, your students will have fun in October digging up actual peanuts! Fun Fact: Did you know, the peanut is […]
Our gardens are in full bloom now, so it’s time to put all those beautiful fall vegetables to use! Here are a few of our favorite fall vegetable recipes: ARUGULA Pea Pesto Pasta with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Arugula BROCCOLI Maple Sesame Tofu with Coconut Rice CABBAGE Cashew Crunch Salad with Sesame Dressing COLLARD GREENS Roasted […]
Happy autumnal equinox! The temperatures are cooling down in time for us to enjoy fall weather. Meanwhile our fall gardens are already in full bloom with radishes, mustards, lettuce, spinach, arugula and swiss chard already being enjoyed in salads, dips, quiches, stir frys, sandwiches and more! This fall we have had fun watching you all […]
Hopefully your fall seeds and plants are planted and you’re enjoying a second or third harvest of tomatoes and peppers. Did you know tomatoes and peppers can produce up until it freezes? As we wait for cooler temperatures, continue to water your fall seeds and plants every day to ensure they germinate and […]
One of our favorite things to do here at Schoolyard Gardens is to get the kids to eat the vegetables they grow in their gardens and last week we got to enjoy that experience with a first grade class at Frontier School of Innovation (FSI)! On Wednesday, we hosted a Hash Brown Harvest Party with Ms. Patton’s first […]
Hello Schoolyard Gardeners! We have been pretty quiet over here lately. Here’s what we have been up to: Taylor joined our team as an AmeriCorps service member (read more about her here) and we are so excited! We also had a big party to celebrate 10 years of Schoolyard Gardens in Kansas City. It was […]
Hello everyone! My name is Taylor and I am the new Missouri Healthy Foods AmeriCorps member serving with Schoolyard Gardens here at KCCG. I started volunteering with Schoolyard Gardens a few months ago and I enjoyed my time with kids in the garden so much that when this position popped up, I had to jump on […]
Happy back to school everyone! We hope the schoolyear is off to a great start for you and your students. We are excited for fall gardening over here at KCCG. Some of our fall favorites include collards, broccoli, kale, lettuce, beets, radishes and spinach! Fall Gardens are great for schools because many cool season veggies […]
Hello friends of Schoolyard Gardens! As crazy as this is for me to think about, this is my last week at Kansas City Community Gardens! My year of AmeriCorps service is finishing up at the end of July, and I am moving into a new season of life to explore different opportunities and options. It […]
To All My Schoolyard Garden Friends and Supporters, After 7.5 years at Kansas City Community Gardens I am mixed with sadness and excitement as I announce that I am leaving KCCG. I have accepted a position at the Jackson County Health Department. It was a decision that I did not make lightly, Schoolyard Gardens is […]
