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Icicle Radish

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Hercules the Worm

Hercules the Worm

Thank you to the Cub Scouts for our new garden beds!

Thank you to the Boy Scouts for our new garden beds!

Contact Information

If you would like to volunteer in the garden or find out how to get involved, please contact: lorri_garrett@hotmail.com

Valentines for the Birds

Valentines for the Birds

Stir Fry for Miss Hester's Class

Stir Fry for Miss Hester's Class

Brown Boar Tomatoes

Brown Boar Tomaotes
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Farmers Market

Miss Sarah at the Farmers Market with her student helpers.

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New Mulch in the Butterfly Habitat donated by Waste Management
Come and check out the work being done in the Butterfly Habitat. We put in a new slate walkway and beautiful mulch provided by Waste Management. The Milkweed is coming up and the Monarch Caterpillars have arrived. If you have time for some weeding... Continue
Posted by: Lorri Garrett
Published: 5/14/12

Butterfly Habitat Wordays
Wednesdays from 12 to 2 we will have mini garden workdays. Please contact Lorri Garrett, lorri.garrett@gmail.com if you are interested in helping out. LOVE Alameda is coming to work in the Butterfly Habitat on April 21st. Thank you to Linda Louie ... Continue
Posted by: Lorri Garrett
Published: 3/27/12

Garden Workday: Saturday 11/12/11 9:30 to noon
This Saturday, Linda Louie is organizing a Butterfly Habitat workday. Come out and help paint the arbors or help with wedding. The more the merrier. Continue
Posted by: Lorri Garrett
Published: 11/10/11

Bay Farm Farmers Market October 1st 9 to 1pm
The students will have a Farmers Market on October 1st during the Bay Farm Parking Lot Sale.  We will have vegetable seeds harvested from the gardens, California Native Wildflower Seed Balls and Lemon Sorrel and Lambs ear to sell. Continue
Posted by: Lorri Garrett
Published: 9/23/11

Bay Farm Goes Green

Thank you to our Bay Farm PTA Go - Green Committee.  Now our kids have bright bowls to eat their garden recipes in.  No more waste!

Click here to learn more.

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Outdoor Learning Center 2010-11

Red Wigglers - The compost worm Cooking with 3rd Graders Mrs. Waring's 1st graders Designing seed packets Sterilizing Compost Experiment - 3rd Grade Former Bay Farm Scarecrow...RIP Cooking in the garden Cooking with Miss Lorri Master Chef Series in the Garden Salad in the garden Mrs. Reynolds Class Rhubarb The biggest weed winner Insect vs. spider Ms. Vincents Class Salad in a Box The day the goose came to class Kinder - Gardeners. Salad in the garden Salad Bar - Ms. Vincent's 3rd Graders Mrs. Reynolds Garden Yeah! Salad! Eating in the Garden - Hamill's 3rd Graders Winter Tree Journals - 2nd Grade Icicle Radishes for stir fry Cooking with beets and chard listening to bugs - Creepy Sorting Leaves - Kindergarten Pumpkin Spice Pumpkin Seeds Making Spiced Pumpkin Seeds Ethan's Praying Mantis Smooshing the weeds Releasing Butterflies Tomato Horn Worm. Yucky! Hornworm Get out of the tree Gavin. Even geese like lemon sorrel
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Stir Fry Radishes & Greens

Stir Fry Radishes & Greens

Poppy the Pocket Gopher

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Click on the link below to to see the video of Poppy the Pocket Gopher.

 

Poppy the Pocket Gopher

Caterpillar to Butterfly

Last Fall the Bay Farm students went crazy for caterpillars. In October, we had at least 30 Caterpillars being taken care of in the classrooms throughout the school. From Anise Swallowtail to Monarch, the students got to watch the transformation from egg to butterfly.  In fact, we even had a group of "caterpillar hunters" roaming around the gardens in search of the proper host plant to feed their caterpillar pet. The students were like proud parents when it was time to release their beautiful butterflies. You cannot get more hands on than that!  

Anise Swallowtail in the Garden Anise Swallowtail Caterpillars Caterpillar Hunters The Caterpillar Queen Butterfly Habitat - Just Released visiting swallowtail Monarch Butterfly
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Roasted Pumpkin Seed Recipes

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This year all of Miss Lorri's students will get to taste different pumpkin seeds.The 1st through 3rd grade classes got to make the Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe in the Outdoor Learning Center. The students love to taste the different flavors of seeds, and take polls of the favorite flavor.  The only problem, is most kids choose ALL OF THEM.  Here is the recipe if you are interested in roasting some yourself.

Roasted Pumpkin Seed Recipe

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Salad Bar

Students love to create a salad bar with their harvest. No leftovers here!  Yummy!

 Salad Bar