How To Harvest Lettuce
As cooler temps settle in, you may notice your fall garden start to perk up and grow even faster. Your lettuce transplants growth may leave you wondering which lettuce varieties are growing in your garden. Here is a quick overview to help you decipher between the different varieties of lettuce SYG has to offer: Buttercrunch […]
5 Senses in the Garden
Since joining the Schoolyard Gardens team as an AmeriCorps service member, I’ve had the opportunity to garden with so many curious and hard-working students. We’ve shared in abundant summer harvests, planted fall crops, carefully thinned and weeded garden beds, watered plants with care, and carried armloads of mulch to spread around our plants. Tending our […]
How to Harvest Your Fast Crops
If you planted lettuce, spinach, radishes, mustard greens or green onions, they should be ready (if not close to being ready) for harvesting! Your slow crops, such as broccoli, collards, cabbage, kale, carrots, sugar snap peas and potatoes have a few more weeks to go. Tips on Harvesting Leafy Greens Lettuce and spinach can […]
How to Harvest Your Fall Garden
Chilly weather greetings from the SYG office! It’s hard to believe it but we are expecting the first frost of the year this evening. This means that fall gardening season is winding down. It is time to get the last of your tomatoes (even green tomatoes!) and peppers harvested, and dig up your sweet potatoes. […]
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 […]
It’s Time To Plant Your Spring Garden
Spring is finally making its way to Kansas City! We can tell it is springtime because the rain is falling, the grass is greening, and the birds are chirping. Over at KCCG we celebrate spring by getting our Schoolyard Gardens planted. We love going all over the city, waking up schoolyard gardens from the winter, […]