At June Jordan School for Equity, we are battling urban wildlife in a quest to get our spring garden established. Snails, birds, and gophers have forced us to use row cover to shield sprouting seeds, wire cages to protect seedlings, and recycled CDs and plastic bags as urban scarecrows. Our tactics are meeting with some success, but the tenacity of the foraging creatures is also a great reminder of some of the challenges in gardening.
Thanks to awesome work by volunteers Samuel and Melissa, we have a drip irrigation system nearly completed. The windy and exposed site of the JJSE garden dries out very quickly and this irrigation will be an efficient and reliable water source for our veggies.
Log Cabin grown cabbage meets JJSE cooking!
Over-wintered cabbage grown at Log Cabin (from starts donated by Blue House Farm ) was chopped and salted as we started sauerkraut under the direction of experienced ferment-mentor Samuel this week. As one student crushed the cabbage with her hands, we noticed how this process is a bit like digesting food before you eat it!
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