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The UFT monthly newspaper has a center spread on school gardens. There is no mention of D75 per se, but there are some nice photographs and a bit on the history of school gardens.

http://www.uft.org/feature-stories/school-gardens-springing

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Long-time blog reader Greg sent in this article from the New York Times, about a school in Staten Island that is composting their lunchroom fruit and vegetable waste.

“At School, Turning Good Food Into Perfectly Good Compost”

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The Roots and Shoots people set down some roots in NYC schools. See their blog for more information on urban farming.

https://www.rootsandshoots.org/

I went with my family to the Long Island Children’s Museum yesterday (awesome place, we were there for five hours), and took this photograph of a vegetable patch in their backyard. Does anyone know the reason why marigolds (those yellow flowers at the border of the box) are planted near vegetables?

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The students constructed a new garden walk way at 721K.

Thanks Greg Heath.

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Thanks Maryellen Rice!

Check out the “sub-irrigated planters!”

Thanks, Greg Heath

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Thanks, Siobhain Bowen

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