This week we pulled out the rest of the summer crops, besides zinnias, which are still going strong! The bees have been showing so much gratitude. We’ve also been harvesting & drying herbs because those plants will soon go dormant. As always we’re proud of these youngins for putting in the work. This quarter they […]
Students in the Richmond High Urban Agriculture class have been putting in WORK! They’re becoming familiar with their growing space and taking on projects as the season’s change. They’re noticing that their summer crops are coming to an end and are now transition to fall crops (for example, brassicas and roots). They’ve been seed saving […]
Here are some pictures from the Urban Agriculture class at Richmond High School, starting the week off with some garden and farm observations and maintenance! The students are finishing up their Growing with the Seasons lesson and will soon start learning about Soil types. Check out the fun flowers that are continuing to give even […]
TOMORROW, we are having our 4th Saturday volunteer event at the farm, but we need additional support to help mix herbs for our wildfire safety kits’ tea blends and decongestants. These 500 kits will be distributed to families in Richmond to help combat the effects and dangers of wildfire season. We plan on doing this […]
Cooking with the Urban Agriculture students at Richmond high Cooking with summer crops as much as we can until they’re gone !
Urban Agriculture students distributing food from the garden. Every Monday from 3:30 – 4:30 PM!
This week the students got to practice what they learned, TRANSPLANTING! Really proud of them for putting in the work up until now. We’re halfway through quarter 1. Time flies!!! As staff were constantly caught up in teaching the students but when we spend time together outdoors you get to learn more about THEM. We’ve […]
This last week at the Richmond High Urban Ag course we did our weekly harvest for our farm stand including apples! We saved some of the apples for ourselves to make some apple casseroles This was the first time the students took full control and cooked on their own! Really proud of them!!
Welcome back @rhsoilers !!!The urban ag class is now entering week 2 of the school year!!! This school year we got TWO classes! Week one we created group agreements, made some yummy pesto pasta & did some plant identification! This week we started our Monday with a student-led farm stand for it being the first […]
July has been a great month at the Richmond High garden ! We ended our summer course with the students and for the last week they painted some raised beds, cooked a meal with produce from the garden & made herbal salves with beeswax straight from the Richmond bees The flowers have been blooming and […]
