Digging In The Dirt

 "Digging in the Dirt" is a teacher created landscape plan to utilize our schoolyard as part of the classroom experience at Ethel A. Jacobsen (EJ) Elementary School.

The EJ Schoolyard Garden has been certified as "naturally grown" since 2011!  There are many standards that must be met before a "farm" (our schoolyard garden) can be accepted into the Certified Naturally Grown Program.

One of the many standards is responsible pest management. For our schoolyard garden, we utilize Lady Bugs, marigolds and hand-picking for pest management. Our gardens are fertilized with seaweed and fish emulsion as well.This year our Kindergarten successfully nurtured their own ladybug farm and have successfully hatched ladybugs and butterflies for our edible schoolyard and rain gardens!