How to make school lunches better!



I was thinking about school lunches and what if...



...all students could be offered a really healthy, organic and beautiful school lunch.
It would be local, sustainable, waste free and organic.
Quality of ingredients, waste free packaging, beautiful preparation, and a fun dining experience
would grow a healthy community!



Ryan and the yummy tomato!

no words necessary!

Summer 2011 Wednesday Harvest Nights

Harvest nights in the garden

Every Wednesday this summer we had harvest night from 6 - 8 pm at the garden. We have one more on 8.17.11 if you haven't come yet to particpate. Anyone can come help! It is lots of fun and you get to take home what you picked. Check out our summer harvest....

relaxing



the zucchini is enormous!

The garden looks beautiful and was amazing all summer



The sunflowers are over 8 -9' tall



The three sisters - corn, beans and squash - are almost ready to harvest

  

the sweetpeas are pretty





Chef Seann and the amazing grilled pizza

Chef Seann getting ready to serve the grilled pizza

Well, if you didn't come to our first guest chef event in our outdoor kitchen you really blew it. Chef Seann Pridmore of the Epicurean Group did a fantastic job showing us how to grill veggies that kids would really like to eat (and they WERE really good!). He also showed us how to make a healthy pizza on the grill. YUM!



Chef Seann with artichokes in our outdoor kitchen. We had a huge amount of organically grown veggies donated by Whole Foods Market for Chef Seann to cook besides some veggies and herbs form our very own Miller Creek garden.

We had cheeses dontaed by Nicasio Valley Cheese and Cowgirl Creamery





the audience was very intent



looking at the crops we are growing



Our raffle donors were from our local Marinwood Community Farmers Market. We had a certifcate from The Backyard CSA, organic soaps and lotions from the Rubber Ducky Soap Co., specialty Olive Oil from the Olive Press, and organic plants for the garden from Jim Fenton. Please thank them all next time you go to the Saturday farmers market!



We set up tents in case it rained but it never did



enjoying the action





having fun decorating our rain harvesting cistern



Helping Chef Seann with peeling fava beans

everyone had fun

June 5 - Guest Chef Event at the Garden!

I am so excited to announce that our first guest Chef in our outdoor kitchen is Chef Seann Pridmore of the Epicurean Group. Chef Seann rocks! See you there! Admission is free but donations are welcome.

SAVE THE DATE: JUNE 5 - CHEF + GARDEN EVENT!

Our Orchard and Spring Volunteer Workday

Peyton and I making garden houses



morning weeding and mulching

The garden is all good! Last week we had another volunteer workday and we got a lot done. We took out some over-grown plants and put new ones, and moved ALL the mulch to the sides. My dad worked on perfecting the irrigation so we didn’t have to lug the hose around everywhere. (Finally!) But it wasn’t up that day so we had to water the garden the old fashiond way. The good news is, is that all the rain made the plants grown huge and it was very sunny when we were working. On the down side, I forgot sunscreen.

What did they find?

Dads moving the mulch

Moi, Gabby,  moving mulch the fun way!

veggies ready to harvest

It was a very sunny day and hot

our little orchard

adding organic fertlizers to woolly pockets

more weeding





Sunday April 3 Garden Workday!!!

butterfly time

Please come help us on Sunday April 3 anytime between 10 am and 4 pm to mulch, weed, plant our orchard trees and connect the cistern. Everyone is welcome  - bring your whole family. Bring rakes, shovels and wheelbarrows - remember to put your name on them. Snacks will be available.

Rainy days in March

our winter harvest!

I am so glad the sun came out today! We have had 24 days out of 26 days this month with rain!!  The good news is the garden is happy! Here are some pictures of our garden in between the rain storms this super duper rainy March.

Closeup of our greens

our greenhouse

Closeup of wooly pocket wall

Guy Fieri visits our garden!!!!

the cooking club with Guy!



 I just couldn’t wait to share this with you guys! So today was just a normal Thursday afternoon and I was in Mrs. Bacons cooking club, Cooking with Bacon, as I normally do and guess who walks in behind Mr. Johnson. Guy Fieri. As in the Guy Fieri. You know, the one on the Food Network? The man that won season two The Next Food Network Star, and is on Guy’s Big Bite, Ultimate Recipe Showdown, and Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives? Yup, that one. Anyway he chopped up an onion. And that’s not the best part. Guess why Mr. Johnson is the bestest principal ever… Because I said so! But that’s not all. Mr. Johnson took him to the garden and Guy Fieri (as in the Guy Fieri!) liked it and gave me a high-five. He thought that it was a great idea and was awesome and that I was making a difference. He said that. Guy Fieri did. Why, yes, I am grinning at the screen like a stupid five year-old, who just got a pony, right now. Well that’s a wrap!  PS I'll post more pictures later!!!

Here are the rest of the photos....

okay, so I had to do this one twice!!