The second recipe in our One Bite Lesson series, Cream Cheese Radish Rounds, is a favorite among students. Pre-COVID-19, the Cream Cheese Radish Round was a crowd pleaser at many a Schoolyard Garden harvest party and a sure way to get kids to exclaim, “I think I like radishes!”. Besides being delicious, this recipe is […]
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 […]
Check Out Our New YouTube Channel!
Schoolyard Gardens just launched our very own YouTube channel! So far we’ve only posted one video but we think it’s a special one. Follow along as the fourth graders at Wendell Phillips Elementary harvest and enjoy the vegetables from their fall garden on a sunny, cold November morning a few weeks ago! Click HERE […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]