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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Join Anne and Mary Jo as they take time to reflect on this past school year in the garden. Listen as they discuss what went well, what didn’t, plans for the summer and goals for next year. Plus, throwing some controversial shade at pickleball!

00:42 Introduction - Our Year End Reflections

03:02: What Went Well This Year

12:04: What Didn’t Go So Well

18:00: Our Plans for the Summer Break

22:00: Goals and Ambitions for Next School Year In The Garden

31:38: Concluding Thoughts

Episode Resources

Learn more about the Ridglea Giving Garden here Ridglea Giving Garden

Details for the RHS Flower Show at Wentworth Woodhouse RHS Flower Show Wentworth Woodhouse

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Join Anne and Mary Jo as they share rainy day indoor gardening ideas and activities for those occasions when you have to pivot and move gardening indoors … plus a generous helping of strawberry talk..
00:47 - Hello

01:27 - How Has Your Week Been?

04:53 - Gardening Indoors - Introduction

07:03 - Fruit and Flower Dissection

11:45 - Indoor Seed Activities

14:25 - Kitchen Scrap Science

19:54 - Rainy Day Poetry and Literacy Ideas

24:27 - Earthworms and Earthworm Activities

29:49 - Conclusion

Episode Resources

Find the Flourish Me seed packet PDF at NC State University - Flourish Me - SEL Seed Packet Worksheet

As they share on their website, The “Flourish Me” worksheet allows students to illustrate what conditions allow them to thrive as they grow and develop. Students will recognize that they likely flourish under different conditions than their peers, though we all have minimum needs that must be met.

The Welman Project serve as a free resource for teachers, distributing surplus materials from local companies for creative reuse in the classroom and beyond. Learn more about Fort Worth's creative reuse space at ⁠The Welman Project.⁠

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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