Getting back at it! Are you back on campus and raring to go? Overwhelmed at the thought of getting back into the garden? Join Anne and Mary Jo as they share suggestions and tips to help you get your garden and garden program back on track. With a little help from 1880s homesteading life, this episode will get you organized and back in the perfect frame of mind to ensure a successful growing year ahead!

Podcast Outline

00:42: Season 2: Getting Back To It!

02:45: You Can't Do It Alone

04:17: Tidy Up Time and Garden Prep

07:18: Homestead Boosting!

09:37: Make A Plan

12:19: Community and Organizational Support

13:11: Make Connections With District Operations / Maintenance Providers

15:54: Lock In Dates Now

17:30: Think Funding

19:29: Think Planting Plans

21:15: Celebrate The Restart

23:08: Check Out Episode 5: How To Start A School Garden for more in depth details

23:58: Season Two: What To Look Forward To From The School Garden Podcast

Mary Jo's TV obsession: Back to the Frontier on HBO Max

Funding Opportunity and Other Resources: KidsGardening

Crow Leadership Academy's Garden: Buzzing Blossoms FaceBook Page

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Garden Book fans ... It's The Sequel!

It's our much anticipated Garden Book Read Aloud sequel episode. Join Anne and Mary Jo as they share another eight of their favorite and much loved garden read aloud books. From the tale of a tortured avocado to the heart warming account of gardening during the Great Depression, these books have something for every grade level and subject. Plus, listen to the end for details about how you can win copies of this episode's featured books - good luck!

00:41: Episode Introduction

03:06: Counting Creatures written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Sharon King- Chai

06:10: A Place to Grow by Stephanie Bloom and illustrated by Kelly Murphy

08:39: Cuando tu Abuela to Regla un Limonero escrito por Jamie LB Leenihan and illustrator por Lorraine Rocha

11:29: A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long

13:29: Avocado Asks by Momoko Abe

17:09 The Gardener by Sarah Stewart illustrated by David Small

20:18: Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman

22:47: Garden Wigglers by Nancy Loewen illustrated by Rick Peterson

23:50: Enter Our First Ever Book Giveaway! Head over to our Instagram Page at Made Greene and choose your favorite 4 books from today's episode! Good Luck!

Check out Episode 3 for our first Garden Read Aloud book recommendations.

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Join Anne and Mary Jo as they discuss tasks, jobs and things to keep in mind when visiting or working in your school garden during the summer break. Everything from watering, harvesting, creating shade and obsessively referencing home-grown produce during every mealtime!

Podcast Outline

00:42: Intro

01:28: Watering

02:53: Weeding

03:28: Solarizing

05:50: Humidity

06:00: Harvesting

07:13: Putting Beds to Bed!

07:48: Cover Cropping

09:06: What Can We Still Plant in the Summer?

10:40: Pests in the Garden

13:01: Thinking and Planning for the Fall

15:25: Making Shade

17:48: Produce Slow-Down

20:10: Pickle Update!

22:56: Conclusion and Wishing Everyone a Great Summer Break … in the Garden or out.

Pickle Recipes:

Here is the recipe I used for the Dill Pickles. I particularly enjoyed putting in flowering dill heads into my brine as my plant is at this stage - it gave it such a mellow dill flavor.

Here is the recipe I followed for the Bread and Butter Pickles (minus cloves, as I don’t like cloves and I went 1/3 less on the sugar).

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