As summer is now in full swing, the SYG team has been running around Kansas City staking tomatoes, dropping off straw bales, and covering empty garden beds. In our travels, we have noticed some beautiful summer gardens! Crops like tomatoes, tomatillos, peppers, sweet potatoes, and cucumbers have been growing fast amidst the hot, humid weather. […]
4 Steps to Summer Garden Success
The temperature is rising! For a guaranteed successful summer harvest, it’s a good idea to prepare your gardens for the hot summer months ahead! Water, Water, Water Maintaining a consistent watering schedule will ensure that your tomatoes grow gradually rather than in spurts, preventing stretch marks or misshaped tomatoes. Stake your tomatoes Before your tomatoes […]
Springing into Summer
It’s that time of the year—time for lemonade and pool days and tomato plants and summer reading, but before school gets out for the summer, some schools are waiting until the last minute to get a big spring harvest! We love working all around the Kansas City metro area with our 220+ daycare, elementary, middle […]
Spotlight: Kansas City International Academy
Early this spring Kansas City International Academy (KCIA) middle school students, led by teacher Talia Halfon, began a conversation on community and creating community space. At the same time KCIA social worker, LaTeasha Randle, was interested in creating an opportunity for KCIA families to get fresh and healthy foods into their homes. These two ideas […]
Tasty Spring Garden Salad
The end of the school year is approaching and summer is sneaking into Kansas City with temperatures hitting 90 degrees yesterday! Out at our Schoolyard Gardens it is time to harvest spring greens and make room for summer plants. Schools can expect to harvest their lettuces, spinach, arugula, green onions, radishes, mustard greens and cilantro […]
Spotlight: William Southern Elementary
The after-school garden club at William Southern Elementary has been working hard in the garden this spring! Earlier this season, the group braved the cold weather to plant seed potatoes, arugula, turnips, carrots, and lettuce. Although it was difficult for the kiddos to imagine these veggies sprouting in the frigid soil, we talked about how […]
Spotlight: Woodland ECC Kansas City
While Kansas City endured snow in March and April I had extra time to visit with my preschools friends inside their classrooms. At Woodland ECC Kansas City, while waiting for the sun to come out, Ms. Lan’s class took this extra time inside to create garden themed projects, bringing the fun of learning about gardening […]
Kansas City Chiefs Grow with Schoolyard Gardens
Last week Luff Elementary Garden Club students got to show off their gardening experience to some very special visitors! Players from the Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end team visited the students and helped them with a few gardening tasks. This is the 5th year that the Chiefs have reached out to Kansas City Community Gardens […]
Surviving Spring in KC
How to tell that it is springtime in Kansas City… Have you had rain, snow, ice, and 80 degree temperatures all in the same week? If the answer is yes, then you know it’s spring in KC! This past week has been incredibly busy as schools worked to keep gardens covered with row cover and […]
Snow? Oh No!
Although Kansas City is no stranger to unpredictable weather, the recent drop in temperature has been an unwelcome surprise for schoolyard gardens. As much as gardeners may try to prepare for late freezes, sometimes there is little that can be done besides mulch, cover, and hope. Regardless, it is always sad to see plants damaged […]