Lemongrass

Hi Everyone,
I've got a huge clump of lemongrass at home that needs dividing. I will start clumps for your school if you want one. Please let me know so I can have them ready for the Feb. meeting (plant in March). Just send me an email rblantond@yahoo.com to let me know if you want some by Jan 31.
Becky

Site Visits

Cooking Demo at Durkee Elementary.
November 6, 2007










Hello All,
I am going to try and visit these schools in before Thanksgiving week.
Durkee
wharton
Janowski
Port Houston
Whittier
Dodson- Nov 14th Community Workday with afterschool students!
Harvard
Browning

Michael is covering the rest- Chavez Cluster (What is the Chavez Cluster? Rucker Elementary, Park Place, Davila, and Patterson) & Remaining South Schools.

Completed Durkee site visit with Becky. Students harvested herbs from the garden and prepared the herb dip. Teo named it 'leaf dip'. Students also enjoyed delicious tangerines from a local garden and sweet potato chips Becky made from a sweet potato students found in the compost!

On Wed with Fred at Wharton, Students planted carrots. They have all beds dug up from sweet potato harvest. Students dug and pulled out remaining weeds.

It is still pretty hot and dry outthere.Try to get in the watering and really soaking your beds on the days that you meet.

Any stories on solutions to help with watering?

Here They Are...

Hello Again! Here are some simple sweet potato and carrot suggestions, both of which also use citrus and sunflower or pumpkin seeds, roasted, seasoned, sweetened, salted, plain, or raw. Delectable Lemon Sweet Potatoes Bake sweet potatoes in a toaster oven or microwave with olive oil or butter rubbed lightly into the skin. If you do not have a toaster oven at your school, you can use a hot plate and skillet. In the latter case, chop and sautee sweet potatoes in oil or butter. Add the following to your sweet spuds: Fresh squeezed citrus juice (lemon or orange, grapefruit is more bitter) Pad of butter or teaspoon olive oil Pinch of Salt Handful of Sunflower or Pumpkin Seeds Serve and Enjoy! Rainbow Carrot Salad Shredded or Julienned Carrots Thin-Sliced Radishes Thin-Sliced Apples (green, red, golden, or a mix) Shreds of red Cabbage (optional) Handful of Seeds Pinch of Salt Fresh-squeezed Citrus Bit of Honey (optional) Depending on the age of the students, time alotted, and equipment available, you can choose either to prep the foods independently or as a class. Here are some links to more complex Sweet Potato recipes: www.grouprecipes.com/2078/sweet-potato-casserole.html www.grouprecipes.com/21814/mashed-sweet-potatoes-with-dried-apples.com Hope you enjoy! Amber

Recipe Resource

Hello All,

I have some wonderful sweet potato and carrot recipes to be posted later on in the week. Another great resource for fresh garden recipes is www.recipe4success.org. Once you arrive on the website, go to The Dish and click recipes under Topics. All of these recipes are adapted for use in 1 hr of time, with multiple beginner level tasks ideal for children. Thanks:) Amber

sweet potato harvest

hi all, how is everyone's sweet potato harvest this year? the Garden Oaks harvest was miniscule (a handful of very small potatoes)! :o

November Nutrition

Hello Instructors,
If anyone has any great raw food, herb, or current harvest recipes that they would like to share, please feel free to post them on the blog.

Welcome

Hello Urban Harvest After School Instructors,
My name is Michael Godoy, and I am the new Youth Project Manager. I look forward to a rewarding and productive year working with the Urban Harvest Staff and all of the after school instructors. I have begun this blog in hopes of handing it over to all of you to continue. The purpose of this blog is to help everyone maintain contact with one another, share ideas, successes and failures, and gain a fresh perspective on our main goal, teaching youth through the use of an outdoor classroom.