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Wellness theme trip for NFCMS
On May 18th we hosted the Upper Elementary as a culmination of their service learning project. This year they worked in class on nutrition lessons and a project producing posters to promote our school districts [...]
Hotchkiss K8- Last week of school crazies…
Naomi transplanting tomatoes with the 1st graders. We hosted 35 1st graders on May 21st and boy you could feel that it was THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL! Eagerly awaiting instruction... [...]
2012 Interns and other farm happenings…
Snapped after a field trip. I told them they looked like Charlie's Angels, and I caught them all laughing. Probably wondering, "Charlie's what...?" Our 2012 Interns - a capable, fabulous bunch! Welcome Emma, [...]
Spring Field Preparations
Mark and Naomi have been working hard in the field to prepare for our 2012 season programs- and last Thursday I finally got out there, too! Things are coming together quickly- I was pulling 2011 [...]
Hotchkiss K8 1st Grade
Last week we seeded tomatoes with the Hotchkiss K8 1st graders. Last fall the students saved these seeds themselves in their classroom, well- with a little help from Mark. The children were excited to be [...]
Garnet Mesa 5th Grade
On March 27th we had the opportunity to work with the four 5th grade classes at Garnet Mesa Elementary. We studied soil structure and the components of building a healthy potting soil mix. [...]