Monthly Archives: January 2011

Pruning Fruit Trees and Tasting Kiwis

The past few stunningly sunny, bright winter days have been perfect weather for pruning the garden’s fruit trees.  We’ve experimented with pruning the olive and fig trees with students this year, and the project has been a striking success thus far; students are thrilled to use tools like loppers and handsaws for the first time, [...]
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A Ghanaian Twist on a New Years Tradition

As we welcome in a new year at Edible Schoolyard, we also welcome the 7th grade into the kitchen for the first time this school year.  We have decided to focus six of our ten lessons around the six ancient empires that the 7th graders are studying in history: The Middle East, China, Japan, West [...]
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