Dyeing Eggs Naturally
In light of Easter, the students learned how to dye eggs using familiar vegetables they have already started growing in the greenhouses! Some dyes can be made from spices too. We made blue eggs from...
View ArticleVisitors Come to the Farm
Since the Easter Bunny’s calendar was booked, this past Monday we were able to pencil in a visit from not one but two festive friends! Can you guess what they might be? Can you guess now? You’re...
View ArticleArugula Salad!
Did you know Arugula was featured in the Disney classic, Rapunzel? Did you know Parmigiano-Reggiano is named after it’s producing areas in Italy and by LAW no cheese of this kind made outside these...
View ArticleWhere Does the Food Go?
Growing season has surely begun, and we’ve started growing lots of vegetables in our greenhouses. So where does the food go? While only some has been used for food demonstrations, everything else has...
View ArticleField Trip to the Benjamin Banneker Museum!
Last Thursday a group of students had the privilege of visiting the Benjamin Banneker Museum! We learned a lot about this Historical figure and about the importance of his work. After watching a short...
View ArticleSUN TEA!
Summer is near, the sun is here! So, we made sun tea! The students and staff, especially Mr. Jones LOVED our homemade sun tea. The best part, there’s only 4 ingredients; your favorite fruit or...
View ArticleGarden Herb Dip
Today the students enjoyed fresh snap peas picked from the vine and dipped in homemade Garden Herb Dip! Students harvested snap peas the day before and enjoyed them today as a healthy snack. We...
View ArticleNew Garden Project
There’s a new garden in town! We decided to expand our growing area to the front and create a space where we can plant crops such as tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, cucumbers, and peppers. Since these...
View ArticleThe Summer Garden
After a few short weeks of preparing our summer garden, it was finally ready to plant. This time around, our worms have been good to us and we harvested some nutrient dense vermi-compost to use when...
View ArticleReduce, Reuse, RECYCLE!
Not only do we use best practices when gardening we also teach students how to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Whether it’s composting discarded coffee grinds and vegetables, to saving used plant...
View ArticleROOT SYSTEMS!
Earlier this week our students were helping spruce up some of our flower beds in front of our school. While pulling up some weeds there sure were A LOT of roots. What a great “teachable” moment as...
View ArticleBeets, Peppers, and Tomatoes OH MY!
We’re really “cookin'” over here at the farm, and we don’t just mean with the heat! This week we’ve noticed lots of growth in our gardens and greenhouses. We have beets! And wow are they huge! We’ve...
View ArticlePico de Gallo Time!
What do you get when you cross a Horticulture class with fresh grown peppers, tomatoes, and parsley? NACHOS & HOMEMADE PICO de GALLO! Students researched the different types of salsas and found...
View ArticleLesson on Herbs!
Check out our lovely herb box! Can you name all of the herbs we are growing? The students can! Today they learned about common culinary and flowering herbs (not to be confused with our CEO, Herb)....
View ArticleComing Soon – A Farmers’ Market Near YOU!
What are we supposed to do with all of this produce? cucumbers a beet jalapeno peppers swiss chard How about all of these lovely potted herbs? potted rosemary potted thyme and basil What’s that you...
View ArticleMarinated Mozzarella
Today the Horticulture class made some delicious spicy herb marinade which we poured over fresh mozzarella and tomatoes. We ate it with fresh bread and crackers – not one tomato was left uneaten! We...
View ArticlePesto!
The YIT School Farm has a lot of basil. I mean, A LOT. So – we made pesto! You may recall, we made pesto before. We made a walnut parsley pesto. But this time we made classic, basil pesto with our...
View ArticleResearching Soil
What percent of the earth’s surface has soil that can grow food? 10%! That’s it! No wonder Mr. Jones was teaching students about the importance of what makes up soil and how it contributes to plant...
View ArticlePasta e Fagioli
That’s right – the YIT Horticulture class was at it again in the Life Skills room! During this week’s Farm Food Demo students helped make this classic Italian “peasant” dish, Pasta e Fagioli. In...
View ArticleFlorals at the Farmers’ Market
Guess what we have growing in the greenhouse? “October Orange” Calendula Flowers! The Horticulture class has expanded their fall crops to include some beautiful flowers in addition to their juicy,...
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