#SCHOOL GARDEN

[records-of-dirt]

How to Plan a Garden

When creating a community or school garden, records are important!

Eventually, someone else will take care of the space and records show what the space looked like, what you did, and how they can properly take care of the space. 

Good records require a few basic elements:

The Original Design

Photos of the space before you’ve done anything

A map of the space with dimensions & notes on terrain(slopes, holes, ect.)

What plants were already there

Notes on their original condition

How long they were there(if you know)

Your Design

A dimensions-accurate drawing/map of your design

A list of what you plan to change

Be as specific as possible!

Plant Record

Every plant in the garden

Name

Photo(preferably two, one of “in bloom” and one of “dormant”)

How to care for them

Past issues

Common invasive/non-native plants & how to get rid of them

Plants that cause itching/rashes

Monthly Records

Record major changes(planted, took out, issues, etc.)

Weather (cold, hot, rainfall - how did it impact the garden?)

Tips & techniques (records are also to help you care for your garden)

It can feel like a lot, but it doesn’t have to be fancy!

Records tell the story of the land, and guide current and future generations.

I’ve included a few samples of garden designs, and plant lists, as a starting point!

Happy gardening y'all!

Sincerely,

records of dirt

[gamsagardens]

October 25 & November 1

November 1st

Our first kalo harvest on campus!!! Shoutout to Gary, Jamal, Ryan, Kalani, and Jayvan for showing up and putting in the work!!! And special shoutout to Malik's parents, Chris & Andre, who joined us all the way from California for our discussion afterwards and to see the land.

This day was spent preparing for another kalo harvest we have planned to do with some of the students on what the school calls 'ohana night. This upcoming 'ohana night is in recognition of MAKAHIKI (Hawaiian New Year). We wanted to give everyone some hands-on practice with harvesting, cleaning, and cutting kalo before the big day. Despite the fire ant bites and the itchy water, we got through about 1/3 of the kalo growing in the bed. We called on a lot of the knowledge that was shared with us by Ku'ialuaopuna (click to see their website) and hope that we continue to honor the spirit of kalo righteously.

By the time we were done with the kalo, the rains started coming in and so we weren't able to mound the new bed for the huli. But, we'll get the huli into the ground within the next coming weeks. We're just grateful for the work that was able to get done and are IMPRESSED with the amount of kalo we harvested. It's showing us how much food we can really grow for this community!

I wish I had more photos of us processing the harvest but, again, am just so grateful for everyone's presence, hands, thoughts, and hard work.

October 25th

Mago led the workday and was joined by Gary, Gina, Jamal, and, new faces, Richard, Emily, Sean, Kalani, and Mark. Credits to the lovely Gina for today's photos!!! <3

BIG shoutout to everyone for getting down and dirty in the kalo patch pulling out those stubborn ass weeds. Warriors fr :')

Loaded up grass clippings into the truck and used them to sheet mulch the ulu trees and this beautiful mountain apple tree in the 7th photo.

Stay tuned for pics and shares from the upcoming 'ohana night!

[retrogamingblog2]

Bellsprout Pokemon Desk Lamp made by Cammy3D

[lilyofthevalleycaughtintherain]

his mango is world peace

[countesspetofi]

And while this varies a great deal from location to location, I know that my local county Cooperative Extension absolutely loves to help with grassroots (pardon the pun) projects like this, It doesn’t hurt that they’re affiliated with the plant science and agriculture departments of a large university with its own organic farm and herbarium, but they also are just a great clearinghouse of information and contacts of local people who are into that sort of thing and contagious in their enthusiasm. 

The community and school garden movements around here are very welcoming and there’s every chance they might be  in your area, too, even in urban areas where you might not expect it. A small group of enthusiastic parents, even if they only have a few hours each to give, can make a school garden possible, and agricultural literacy is something every child can benefit from.

(Sorry for hijacking, @headspace-hotel. Sometimes when I get on the old soapbox it’s hard to get back down.)

If you learn and put into practice a SINGLE thing from my blog, it should be this: the most important work YOU can do to prevent mass extinction is not "Buy Different Product" or "Buy Product Differently."

Instead, it involves going outside and looking at the land immediately surrounding you physically and understanding that you have been appointed its protector, and then learning working contacting messaging organizing planting teaching informing organizing organizing organizing to take care of it.

There are old ladies with no email address in your community that are handing out more native plants than you knew existed, there are nature preserves and wildlife parks literally like on their knees begging for volunteers, you have neighbors and friends and acquaintances and family that you can teach and inform, there is at this very moment someone else in your community that would LOVE to start a community garden.

Learn to grow native plants and you can literally just hand them out to strangers for free and everyone loves it

I started volunteering at a nature center and now I have more contacts than I know what to do with. literally just look up anyone working in ecology or conservation in your area and email the crap outta them.

you can organize with members of your community to protect a vacant lot or a random pond or to put in foot paths or get rid of invasive species in a park or anything

[deoidesign]

Doing master studies the only way I know how: Stealing them and making them my guys.

(Barberini Faun)

(The Fallen Angel - Alexandre Cabanel)

(Covent Garden - William Bruce Ellis Rankin)

[narciscupid]

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[lycazart]

what is this, wash and wear???

[yolktcha]

🌷

[lotus-pear]

i think you guys are onto smth..

i unironically got invested in this HELP

[marypaol]

Flowers Upon Your Head

Draco x Fem!Reader

Summary: Reader officially crowns the Slytherin Prince of Hogwarts, but what she doesn’t expect is to be crowned his princess. (Not real crowns, but made of flowers.)

Warnings: Talk about praising someone, like hailing them, self doubts in academic work, nothing else I know of.

Sorry if it’s too short; but it’s gotta be one of my favorites besides “Dear Draco”.

Dear Draco

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The sky was bright blue, sun rays shining bright across all the land of Hogwarts, showcasing the wondrous school that held many intelligent students; now either learning more knowledge or taking their assigned time off.

Two green robes were taking the second option to their best advantage: staying outside in the fresh air and catching up on work.

The both lay on the grass by the Black Lake, the boy leaning against the tree trunk and the girl sitting criss cross next to him.

The boy, platinum blonde hair and known as the bully of the school, had his Potions homework in front of him on his lap. His quill scribbled left and right as he wrote an essay.

The girl, known as the most innocent person in the world who wouldn’t hurt a fly, was previously done with her homework and is now fiddling (or, at least, that’s the word Draco would use to describe what she was doing) with flowers in her hand, tying the stems together to make something the boy didn’t know.

She was well concentrated until she heard a groan escape the boy, her eyes moving from the flower stems to him, raising an eyebrow questionably.

He didn’t look up as did she, instead he was having a glare contest with the paper as he tapped his quill quite frustratingly.

“What’s another word for fragile?”

She thought for a moment, going back to the plants in her hand once she discovered his groan was the reason of nothing serious.

“Delicate? Brittle?” She asked once figuring it out, fingers slightly burning from now finishing the tie of the stems, the nectar from the flowers getting on her fingertips as the stems were tightly wrapped around her hands.

He hummed. “Brittle is good.”

She smiled soft, glad she could help in some way. “Is the essay coming along nicely?”

He chuckled. “With the amount of skill I have in the writing spectrum and your vocabulary, I think it’s going quite well.”

She rolled her eyes this time, knowing he was being sarcastic with the statement he said about himself.

“Dray, don’t worry; I read it during lunch and it looked fine so far. That is if you didn’t ruin it with what you call last minute edits.”

Her teasing tone grabbed a smirk from him that she didn’t see.

She wasn’t mindful of the next occurrence because she was in fact focused on the finishing touches of her crown, but his ears turned from pale to a soft pink color at the nickname.

He scoffed instead to cover it up even though she didn’t see it. “Doubt it.”

She sighed, knowing there was no use in trying to convince him the work was good grade worthy.

He suddenly slapped the paper down in front of her on the grass. “How does this look?”

Despite the aggression he showed in his actions she could hear a little anxiousness in his voice. He was nervous for her reaction.

She still had the flowers in her hands so she didn’t touch the paper in fear of getting things on it, so instead of holding them in front of her she moved them so they were by her shoulder and she looked down at the paper.

Draco’s handwriting covered the paper, perfect cursive with soft swoops in the letters forming great work.

Her eyes scanned it as she read, taking in the information he provided.

She hummed in satisfaction. “Very nice, Dray. Very nice.”

She smiled at him as he took the paper back, this time noticing the pink tint on the tip of his ears.

“You okay?” She asked, oblivious to the reason for his flush.

He nodded, swallowing thickly.

She hummed again, turning her body fully to him. “Don’t worry! Snape will love it. I see it now,” she started, pretending to look of into the distance like she was dreaming. “An ‘Outstanding’!”

Draco rolled his eyes in annoyance. “Wouldn’t go that far with it but whatever.”

She scoffed at his negative mindset and, wiping her hands on the grassy ground to get rid of the nectar, grabbed the crown she just previously made. She then turned the scoff on her face to a soft reassuring smile.

“Well, whatever you may think, I think it was wonderful and the good grade I know you’ll get is well deserved.”

She ended her sentence with softly placing the crown on his platinum head, the soft white petals perfectly matching the mob of hair he held.

Draco’s eyes moved upward as if he would be able to see the flowers on his head. The girl laughed, then she smiled once again.

“All hail the Slytherin Prince.” She joked. She expected another eye roll but instead received a soft smirk coming from the corner of his lips, a small chuckle escaping him.

She then moved to sit next to him, their shoulders brushing and cheeks flushing.

His soft looking hands reached out and using his long fingers pulled flower after flower out of the tall grass, each stem producing a satisfying snap when they broke.

Although she kinda felt bad for the flowers, she knew that the roots were still planted into the ground, so that gave her reassurance knowing they’d grow back again.

Still she watched as his own hands messily tied the stems together almost just like she did. When he was finished, his arm reached up as he placed it on her head, the weight of it slightly flattening the top of her hair.

He then leaned in, brushing his nose on her cheek; her face turning a soft tone of red. His head turned so his lips touched her ear lightly. The touch was barely felt, but it was there.

“All hail the Slytherin Princess.”

He whispered it, making the meaning much more meaningful. A soft chill went through her, a warm sense of comfort and nervousness at the same time racing down her spine.

“How’d you know how to tie it?” She asked curiously to hide the nervous warmth flooding through her. She felt his cheeks spread into a smile.

“I watch you, loves; much more than you think.”

Her face flushed as his finger gently booped her nose.

He chuckled low right in her ear. “Aww, don’t get flustered loves; just giving my princess the praise and recognition she deserves.”

Wait.

‘My Princess’?

Thank you for reading! 📖

[pazpazpaz]

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[millipodd]

been on a gravity falls/over the garden wall kick lately… i bought the book of bill and am trying to hurry up and read it before i start school in like less than 2 weeks 😭

[academic-vampire]

𝙷𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚞𝚏𝚏. 🦡

[ahkylous]

it’s cold

[narciscupid]

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