tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31395620997883551462024-03-07T18:58:04.503-05:00Middlebrook Farm SchoolMiddlebrook Farm Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07664988808689732868noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139562099788355146.post-33000475193515133152018-02-06T11:08:00.001-05:002018-02-06T11:08:20.308-05:00First Sign of Spring...<div dir="ltr">
The first sign of spring here at Middlebrook Farm School is the sixth graders in the gardens with Mrs. Priest. They will spend the first part of the second quarter learning about how to plan out a garden and then starting seeds indoors. Then after the frosts have gone they will start planting what will grow into what next year's sixth graders will use. </div>
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mathewswhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12527416886953522717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139562099788355146.post-31659729900560980942017-03-08T13:36:00.000-05:002017-03-08T14:01:03.278-05:00This Is A Test...Spring is in the air and that means sixth graders are back in the gardens with Mrs. Priest. Today, a beautiful and sunny and warm March Wednesday, they were out there depositing leftover microgreen stems to the compost and collecting soil samples. After a night of dissolving in water to remove sand and small stones the students will test the samples to determine what amendments need to be made to be sure we have a successful growing season. It only takes two or three seasons, depending on what you plant, to exhaust a garden plot's fertility, and with our successful compost system things should be up and running in no time. In other news, it sounds as if the new greenhouse has gone out to bid and that we should be making progress on that soon as well. <br />
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Be sure to check us out if you are in the neighborhoodmathewswhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12527416886953522717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139562099788355146.post-84498071084466276892017-03-02T07:55:00.000-05:002017-03-02T07:55:20.213-05:00Green Is The Color of FebruarySo once again a considerable amount of time has passed since our last post here at Middlebrook Farm School. With so many new initiatives, such as new curricula and unit designs, around the building it has been kind of a challenge documenting the gardens in the winter. But, now it is March The First and time to start the planning and plotting for our upcoming plantings and harvests, and there is no better place to begin than with micro greens in the Culinary Arts room with Mrs. Priest. <br />
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The students will be harvesting the snap pea sprouts to use in Culinary Arts as a part of delicious salads, garnishes, and other interesting creations for sure. If you get down there you might even be able to pick a few for yourself to nibble on as a late winter treat to remind you of all the crisp and fresh produce that is soon to be upon us. </div>
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Here is a collection of some of the other shots we got over the last few months.</div>
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Pretty soon the gardens will be getting planned out and seedlings started indoors so if you are in the neighborhood of Middlebrook Farm come and check out our progress. Speaking of progress, it looks like the plans for our greenhouse are moving along and we may have it up and functional before next winter. </div>
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mathewswhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12527416886953522717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139562099788355146.post-75103079390038450482016-10-26T13:55:00.003-04:002016-10-26T13:55:36.364-04:00First FrostThis morning was the first noticeable frost to kiss the plants here at the Farm School, and now the row covers will be necessary to extend the growing season. Mrs. Priest and the sixth graders have been doing an outstanding job with their successive plantings since we started this school season, and if the winds don't blow the covers off the gardens we should have fresh greens through the cold season like we did last winter. Some of the plants that continue to thrive into the cold season actually start to taste better after a frost or two. This is because plants such as kale and and Brussels sprouts produce sugar, making them sweeter, after being "frost cured." Leeks, carrots, celeriac, and chard all can produce similar effects, and carrots that have over wintered can taste like candy.<br />
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<br />mathewswhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12527416886953522717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139562099788355146.post-18737242190123843142016-10-26T13:55:00.000-04:002016-10-26T13:55:04.301-04:00Middlebrook Farm School In The News<a href="https://goodmorningwilton.com/middlebrook-garden-class-teach-a-student-to-grow-you-feed-him-for-life/" target="_blank">This is cool</a>. We were in Good Morning Wilton detailing the garden program. Check out the <a href="https://goodmorningwilton.com/middlebrook-garden-class-teach-a-student-to-grow-you-feed-him-for-life/" target="_blank">link</a> for the entire article.<br />
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<br />mathewswhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12527416886953522717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139562099788355146.post-38498304236965386082016-10-06T14:43:00.000-04:002016-10-06T14:43:12.859-04:00As The Sun Sinks Slowly SouthIt has been another two, very busy months since we updated everyone on the progress here at the Farm School. The school season got off to a running start with a lot of new mixed in with the not so new, and our new crop of sixth graders have been busy tending the gardens and harvesting whatever is available for the Culinary Arts classes. This has been especially true for scallion pancakes since there was such an abundant crop of green onions.<br />
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From what we could see everyone enjoyed that well known, fast food snack. Mrs. Priest has had the sixth graders out in the gardens a lot tasking them with harvesting, cultivating, and seeding late season greens.</div>
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Overall it has been a successful growing season despite the significant lack of rain through the summer. The sixth graders were able to also harvest a good amount of produce to freeze for students in the second and third quarters. Before we know it it will be winter and we will be riding around on the season cycle with seed catalogs and graph paper once again. Until then enjoy these...</div>
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cherry tomato rainbow<br />
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bush beans<br />
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red and white chard </div>
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more red chard<br />
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lots of kale<br />
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onions<br />
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peppers<br />
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garlic standing tall<br />
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tomatoes<br />
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squash flowers<br />
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squash rows<br />
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sweet potatoes<br />
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the farm<br />
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The summer is going to fly by sooner than we know it and we are looking forward to seeing those new sixth graders and their excitement at being out in the gardens. We hope everyone is having a great summer relaxing a bit, learning something new, and getting psyched for the 2016-2017 school season, which we are sure is going to be one of the best yet. If you are in the neighborhood of Middlebrook Farm School be sure to drop in and take a stroll through the gardens. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask. See you all soon.mathewswhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12527416886953522717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139562099788355146.post-86475923588995537602016-04-29T09:13:00.000-04:002016-04-29T09:13:36.455-04:00Chilly GreensThis spring is proving once again that the wisdom of the Olde Tymers is worth listening to. In this episode we are experiencing why it is recommended to wait until Mother's Day to put seedlings into the ground. This becomes a tricky balancing act between the excitement of getting seed catalogs while there is snow on the ground, planning out what the gardens will look like at its highpoint, and getting the seeds started. So sometimes things can get a little leggy before it is possible to put the seedlings in the ground. <a href="http://middlebrook-farm-school.blogspot.com/2008/04/killing-frost.html" target="_blank">Back in 2008 we had similar problems</a> where we lost hundreds of plants to a cold snap and now, eight years later, we are dealing with another extended cold spring and some of the plants are looking to get in the ground. There is even a small cucumber popping out.<br />
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peas and radish<br />
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Some plants are hardy enough to over winter such as sage</div>
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and chives<br />
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Things are bound to warm up soon and before we know it the gardens are going to be overflowing with plants we have seen before and new ones that look so good in the catalogs' photos.</div>
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We had a nice early spring snow storm pass through the area Sunday night and we woke up to a really beautiful scene of everything but the roads covered in white. By the time lunch rolled around it was all pretty much gone. The temperatures are still kind of low, and it has been really breezy, but that has not stopped Mrs. Priest and the kids from getting out to the gardens and getting seeds in the ground. There is also a whole lot of new green in the classroom with seedlings coming up.</div>
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It won't be long before they are going in the ground and then things will really get to growing. Be sure to stop by and check us out, or ask for a tour of the gardens and the seedlings.</div>
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New to the Culinary Arts program this spring are micro greens that can be used in anything from salads to soups, and sandwiches to garnishes, and have been growing fairly well under the new light racks. Some studies have shown that these early sprouts of plants such as spinach, pea, beet, chard, and even sunflower can have four to six times the nutrients of the mature plants, though it varies from plant to plant. <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/08/29/160274163/introducing-microgreens-younger-and-maybe-more-nutritious-vegetables" target="_blank">NPR published an interesting article on them back in 2012.</a></div>
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With the warmer weather finally upon us Mrs. Priest has been bringing her third quarter Culinary Arts sixth graders out to the gardens to see what is happening and to pick up food for the worms. In these photos she is introducing the students to some of the plants that were over-wintered, such as carrots, herbs, and potatoes. Though very few are peeking up through the surface, soon there will be plenty.</div>
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As we posted earlier, the sixth graders are being responsible for a bin of composting worms that need daily feeding and care. This is a new endeavor for the Farm School so stay tuned for updates. Here are the kids taking care of their worms in the Culinary Arts room, which really has turned into more of a laboratory.</div>
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Though this salad did not come from the Farm School, it was really nice to get out there yesterday and have lunch while thinking about all the great things that are coming our way in the gardens.</div>
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Among the maple sap running, increasing numbers of song birds in the morning, and spotting the first robin these early flowers by Nick's tree show us that spring is most definitely on the way. March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, is a traditional milestone on the annual growing cycle. If the ground can be worked it will be time to plant seeds for crops such as spinach, peas, lettuces, carrots, Swiss chard, radishes, and onions. </div>
<br />mathewswhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12527416886953522717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139562099788355146.post-36160862384746623082016-02-24T13:05:00.001-05:002016-02-24T13:05:22.358-05:00Time to get things movingIt is looking like Punxsutawney Phil might have been correct and we are in for an early spring. There certainly have been more and more song birds each morning on the way to the Farm School. Even though we had a burst of snow yesterday, sending us home from the farm early, today it is raining and most signs of snow have melted away. There is a chill in the air so March may indeed come in like a lion and exit like a lamb, but we will see. <br />
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The Farm School also has some new, squiggly additions and even when it is cold and rainy out there they need to be fed. Mrs. Priest has brought to the program a huge crop of worms for composting. Healthy composting worms have been known to be able to convert half their body weight in a day, which will be a huge help with the scraps coming out of the Culinary Arts classes.<br />
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Here are the students' worm bins that are being taken care of by groups of four to five of our sixth graders.</div>
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Here we have pea sprouts, and behind them sunflower sprouts, that only yesterday showed no signs of sprouting. The idea here is to grow them as micro greens to use in salads and as garnish.</div>
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...our work towards a simple four season harvest is paying off with fresh spinach greens as we near the end of January. Mrs. Priest has been able to take the kids out to pick the spinach for use in their Culinary Arts classes.</div>
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With the upcoming delivery of new grow lights and other seed starting equipment Mrs. Priest is going to begin the season with tasty micro greens of numerous types.</div>
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<br />mathewswhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12527416886953522717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139562099788355146.post-60343121160224411902015-11-25T10:11:00.002-05:002015-11-25T10:11:34.374-05:00Putting The Gardens To Bed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The season cycle has turned again and it is time to put the gardens to bed for the winter.</div>
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<br />mathewswhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12527416886953522717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139562099788355146.post-40577884132338760192015-11-09T08:43:00.001-05:002015-11-09T08:43:29.887-05:00First Frost<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />mathewswhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12527416886953522717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139562099788355146.post-45757933727136577352015-10-24T12:48:00.001-04:002015-10-24T12:48:07.127-04:00Wooly Bear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wooly Bear, Wooly Bear when will it snow?</div>
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<br />mathewswhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12527416886953522717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139562099788355146.post-10091164267913415252015-10-15T14:56:00.001-04:002015-10-15T14:56:54.816-04:00Not all of fall is shades of amber...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Late plantings at the Farm School are coming in with the turning of the season cycle.</div>
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The hope here is to maintain these colder season crops through the winter and into the spring. </div>
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For the first time in my experience we have been needing to catch and release actual locusts.<br />
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Arugula and other lettuces are enjoying these warm days and cooler nights, but the killing frosts are coming soon. Row covers and frost fabric will help extend their growing season through October.<br />
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Snow peas are doing well now too.<br />
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I guess you can call this scatter planting.<br />
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Despite these warm days winter is definitely on the way and it will soon be time to browse through seed catalogs and begin planning the gardens for the nest growing season. Though I have not seen a wooly bear caterpillar yet this season (the wider the black band the more harsh the winter, so say the Olde Tymers), but the oak trees are dropping acorns in huge numbers. Some Olde Tymers say that is another sign of a harsh winter to come, but others say it is really a reaction to the previous winter. Either way, it would be excellent to find a way to process or cook all those acorns for storage, or feed them all to some pigs. Just watch out for the weevil larvae. Blech. </div>
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...that sometimes things on the farm break? Somebody was a little too excited yesterday about shoveling and moving soil to the new cold frames that they lost track of their feet and so this happened. No problem though. One quick trip to the hardware store and it was solid once again. </div>
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Most of the time though things grow or get built, like these two new cold frame boxes. Between the four of them there will be six small plots for the second and third quarter kids to work with. </div>
<br />mathewswhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12527416886953522717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139562099788355146.post-76887104714205557222015-09-17T13:22:00.000-04:002015-09-17T13:35:19.629-04:00It's Been A While......but things at the Farm School are looking really good. We are in the third week of school and I am not sure we could have hoped for a better introduction to the garden for our new sixth graders. They are totally excited about it and according to Heather they are practically begging to go out to the gardens every time they are in class. She has had them out there picking weeds, hunting bugs, doing general maintenance and harvesting the bounty.<br />
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Also, as the winter approaches, we are continuing to work towards a four season harvest by turning old window frames (recycled from Heather's home project) into boxes we can use to grow some cold hardy plants such as mache lettuce and carrots. We will be building two more this afternoon.</div>
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And sometimes on the farm things break. This is the ripcord and housing to an Echo weed cutter that we were using. Here we have a key element to the idea of sustainability. It could have been a >$300 addition to the local dumpster, but with some time spent with youtube tutorials and some investigation into where to order parts, $45 and three days later we are good to go. </div>
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We are using vinegar, salt, and spices to create an atmosphere that will hinder the growth of certain bacteria. Pickles, tomatoes, and chutneys are examples of food preserved in this way. Sugar can also be used this way to preserve jams and jellies.</div>
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The canning method we are using here is the boiling hot water bath. Once the water returns to a boil with the full jars in the pot the timer is set to fifteen minutes. In this time at 212 degrees most of any bacteria present will be killed off, and the jars will have expelled much of the air that was inside. The acidic environment will take care of the rest. When they cool the lids will give a distinctive "ping!" sound and you can see that they have created a vacuum seal. Stored in a reasonably cool place these jars will store indefinitely, if they are not eaten right away. They usually need a week or two to absorb all the flavors and then a week in the fridge will add to their crisp and crunch. The other method of canning uses produce that is not acidic, or is not desired to be acidic. This process uses a pressure canner because the temperature needs to be much higher than boiling in order to take care of the bacteria that might be present. </div>
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Early July through mid September is when you will face most of the struggle against other plants, animals, and minerals that want to take advantage of the garden you have so dutifully watched over. <br />
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If you have been relaxed in your weeding policies during June and into July, and you do not eradicate them now, in the heat of summer the weeds will take over. <br />
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Water can be a significant issue as well, and a day or two without some moisture can have long term effects that the plants cannot recover from. <br />
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Critters, such as foxes, raccoons, and skunks (if you have poultry), woodchucks, and rabbits, are leaving their nests as juveniles and can be adept at infiltrating the wire, sometimes with an unbelievably prescient skill for knowing when crops are at their peak and wiping them all out before sunrise. <br />
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These are three reasons among many why this is the time for vigilance over your garden or else any one of these interlopers, including molds, fungi, and the calendar, can bring a halt to the garden. <br />
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These added challenges of high-summer can also be compounded by the fact that this is the time when many people go on vacations of a week or more,<br />
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and sometimes the building is closed when we can tend to it. <br />
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Without automatic irrigation or a friendly neighbor, and at least a slight lead over the weeds many gardens succumb to the forces of nature that can dominate fragile fruits and vegetables seemingly in the course of one night sometimes during this part of the growing season. <br />
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That being said, things at the Farm School are looking pretty good. We have been on top of the weeds and a small infestation of potato beetles was fairly simple to 86 from the potato bed; otherwise we have been fortunate in many other ways. It is really a nice sight to see and we hope that if you are in the neighborhood you will take a look at what is happening. Most of everything has a label written on a plastic fork so you can tell what is what. Feel free to pick the peas. They are in the shell, but if you pop them out they are still sweet.<br />
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