RE: school gardening and garden start-up costs

**Ann Cook a*@rocketmail.com**

One thing you may want to consider is planting crops that can be harvested throughout the winter using row covers and cold frames.  Elliot Coleman wrote a wonderful book called 'Four-Season Harvest' about such endeavors on the coast of Maine.  

  There are many salad greens that can be harvested along with other crops such as onions and carrots.  Your kids won't get the experience of growing warm season crops but they can still enjoy caring for, harvesting and eating vegetables during a time when most people put their gardens to rest.  It could be quite the educational experience for them.  Just a thought.  Good luck with your endeavors.  I would love to hear what you decide to do.

  Ann Mattingly
  Community Gardens Manager
  DE Center for Horticulture

Betsy Johnson <betsy@bgjohnson.com> wrote:
  Check out http://www.schoolgardenwizard.org/

Betsy Johnson
Executive Director
American Community Gardening Assoc.
877-275-2242 betsyjohnson@communitygarden.org

-----Original Message-----
From: community_garden-admin@mallorn.com
[community_garden-admin@mallorn.com] On Behalf Of
plcarol@region.waterloo.on.ca
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 9:48 AM
To: community_garden@mallorn.com
Subject: [cg] school gardening and garden start-up costs

We are trying to get local school support for community gardening. The 
biggest road block cited is that the garden season is during summer break. 
Can you give me some creative suggestions to get around this. We thought 
that community partnership models might work but we have to make it seem 
easy to get buy in.

Also, the Ontario growing season is short - most of the harvest is over 
before school starts up again in September. Can you give me some ideas 
about spring or fall crops the kids can benefit from growing?

We also need a small cost analysis/budget for basic garden start-up 
(Canadian $ appreciated)

Carol Popovic R.N., B.Sc.N.,
Region of Waterloo Public Health
99 Regina St S., Wloo On. N2J4V3
Tele: (519) 883-2004 ext 5336
Fax 883-2241
e-mail: plcarol@region.waterloo.on.ca

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