Join Mary Jo and Anne for this quick dig episode as they share insight, tips and techniques to grow your very own sponges from a plant! A trip to the bottom of the ocean is not necessary as we learn how you can grow, peel and scrub your way to growing loofah sponges in your school garden. Plus, great ideas for use in and out of the classroom.

Podcast Outline

01:02 - How Was your Week?

01:30 - Introduction to Luffas and Why Grow Luffas?

04:40 - Where do Luffas Grow?

05:22 - Sourcing Seed and Seed Viability

06:40 - How to Grow Luffas

10:37 - During the Growing Season

12:31 - Growing Luffas to Full Maturity

14:08 - Preparing the Sponges

16:07 - Uses in School

17:59 - Final Words

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Calling all our Watering Winners! It's warming up so join Mary Jo and Anne as they discuss all things water and become the H2HerO of your school garden space. Plus, Anne’s mom has the last word!

Podcast Outline

00:50: Intro and How Was Your Week?

02:30: How to be a Watering Winner: Overview

05:10: When Should We Water?

08:06: Rain Gauges

09:37: Who is Going to Water?

10:41: Rain v Tap Water

13:29: Methods of Watering

15:02: Rain Barrels

17:53: Olla Pots

21:06: How Long Do We Water For?

24:17: Help! No Water

26:17: Strategies for Watering with Kids and Groups

30:15: Anne’s Mom Needs to Say Something!

31:36: Outro

Olla Pots

Check out our favorite Olla Pots at The Olla Company

10% of any purchase from The Olla Company is donated to Made Greene to help fund our school garden programming.

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Quick growing spring crops, making firm summer plans, sleepy lettuce, James Bond and rhubarb, Texas style! Join Mary Jo and Anne as they guide you through the last few months of the school year in your school garden space.

Podcast Outline:

0:48 - Intro and How Was Your Week?

03:25 - Summer Planning and Spring Planting Overview

08:04 - Spring Planting: Quick Cropping Vegetables and Plants

11:17 - Bolting or Going to Seed

12:44 - Quick Lettuce Story - Lettuce Article: A Wedge of History

14:50 - Strategies for Managing Your Summer Garden: Summer Plans!

15:21 - The Short Game Approach

17:16 - The Medium Game Approach

18:51 - The Long Game Approach

21:10 - The Mixed Approach

21:33 - Plea for Watering Help

22:25 - Going Deeper: Rhubarb, Texas Style! Growing Rhubarb, Texas Style in North Texas: Texas A&M Article

24:30 - Podcast Episode Recommended: RHS Podcast Episode: The Dark Art of Rhubarb

25:20 - Explaining the RHS Royal Horticultural Society - RHS

25:56 - Anne and Mary Jo Are Going on Holiday! RHS Flower Show - Wentworth Woodhouse, South Yorkshire

26:29 - Outro

Join us for another 10 minute Quick Dig episode: Thinning for the Win!

Listen along as we discuss the importance of thinning seedlings in your school garden space. Anne and Mary Jo share methods, tips and tricks to help you thin plants, creating room for a perfectly spaced school garden harvest.

Podcast Outline:

0:48 - Introduction

1:13 - Thinning for the Win!

1:33 - The importance of thinning

2:08 - When to thin your seedlings

2:26 - True leaves

2:50 - How to thin

5:24 - Strategies and techniques for thinning

7:40 - Outtakes

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Join Mary Jo and Anne for our new 10 Minute Quick Dig episode as they give useful instructions, tips and tricks for successful outdoor seed sowing in your school garden space.

00:43 - Introduction

01:43 - 10 Minute Quick Dig Introduction

02:03 - How to Sow Seeds Outdoors with Kids

02:08 - Sowing Seed Definition

03:37 - Seed Packets

04:15 - Broadcast Sowing and Row Sowing - Techniques

07:09 - Cover Crops and Broadcast Sowing

07:55 - Top Tips for Sowing Seed

07:58 - Overseed to Succeed

08:16 - Bed Preparation

08:44 - Watering

09:53 - Soaking Seed

Show Notes:

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Join us as we discuss practical and tried and tested approaches to starting a successful school garden program. Whether you are starting a brand new school garden, reviving an old school garden plan or reviewing your existing program - this episode is for you!

Podcast Outline:

00:00 Welcome to the School Garden Podcast
03:21 Are You Ready to Start, Revive or Review a School Garden?
05:55 Different Purposes and Goals for your Outdoor Space
10:35 Points to Consider when Choosing a Space for your Garden

14:42 Designing the Layout of the Garden

18:37 Essential Tools for School Gardening
20:38 Soil and Mulch: The Foundation of Your Garden
23:20 Building a Support System for School Garden Program Sustainability
26:48 Funding Your School Garden Efforts
29:00 Garden Confession Time
30:50 Concluding Thoughts

Show Notes:

Request the School Garden Readiness Checklist at: podcast@madegreene.com

Websites Mentioned During Podcasts:

Soils and Mulches: Silver Creek Materials

Vegetable plants and starts, seeds, and other garden materials: Russell Feed

Networking and Resources: North Texas School Garden Network: NTxSGN

Funding and Resources - KidsGardening: Kids Gardening

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Join Anne and Mary Jo as they talk all things onions. Easy to grow, fun to watch, a fantastic winter crop to grow in North Texas and a firm favorite in any school garden space.

Podcast outline:

02:01 - Why grow onions?
02:47 - What part of the onion do we eat?
03:38 - Onion Family
03:56 - Planting onions
04:44 - How do onions grow
05:53 - Where to buy onion slips and sets
06:38 - How to plant onions and connections to the classroom
08:16 - Book Connection - Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens 09:39 - Caring for your onions as they grow
10:25 - Watering
12:00 - Signs of growth
12:30 - Bolting, going to seed or putting up a flower
14:55 - Harvesting
19:00 - Funny story
21:25 - Kid question: Why do onions make you cry?
Recommendations:
Our favorite and recommended feed store in North Texas is Russell Feed and Supply. Find your local store here.

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Join Mary Jo and Anne as they take reading and literacy into the garden space. In this Read Aloud Garden Book episode, listen along as they discuss their favorite books and share tried and tested accompanying activities. A must listen for all!

Show Notes:

Chapters:

0:15 - Intro

1:20 - Read Alouds are so easy

2:52 - The Sunflower House by Eve Bunting - purchase here

5:38 - Senorita Mariposa by Ben Gundersheimer and Illustrated by Marcos Almada Rivero - purchase here

11:03 - Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller and illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf - purchase here

14:11 - Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert - purchase here

16:43 - The Enormous Potato by Aubrey Davis and illustrated by Dušan Petričić - purchase here

19:30 - What Do They Do With All That Poo? by Jane Kurts and Illustrated by Allison Black purchase here:

22:40 - The Day The Farmer’s Quit by Autumn Pequignot and Illustrated by Kate Fallahee - purchase here

25:23 - Top Tips

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Highlighted Projects:

The Symbolic Monarch Migration Project is a partnership project between Journey North (a program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum) and Monarchs Across Georgia (a committee of the nonprofit organization, the Environmental Education Alliance).

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How to Make Story Walk: You Tube Video from Appalachian Regional Library Literacy Resources