Garden Boxes

The middle school gardeners welcomed the PHS 3rd grade to the deck garden to build planter boxes. They designed and constructed boxes made of remnant chicken wire and paper. Students planted red chard and arugula in them and placed them along the deck fence. Student gardeners celebrated by harvesting greens, preparing a salad, and creating their unique oil and vinegar dressing. Everyone feasted happily on their harvest, cleaned up, and headed off to take on the rest of their Friday.

2012 - 2013 Garden Club Begins

Today was a wonderful pleasure. Middle school students returned to tend their garden. They were thrilled to introduce blueberries to the garden. Strawberries were added to the many planter boxes that line the fence. The highlight was harvesting greens, strawberries, and herbs to create a delicious salad that was shared with a very appreciative 3rd grade class. No visit to the garden would be complete without checking in on the worm bin. It is remarkable seeing how excited these amazing young people get with the PHS worms. 

Garden Club Progress!

Dear Green Roof Followers,

It has been too long! I'm sure you are curious as to what we've been up to. We had quite a persistent rat problem up in our deck garden. It was really frustrating! Every time we'd plant veggies, our crops would be thriving, then these roof rats invade and eat everything! We will never be defeated by a pack of pesky rodents! Our creativity was put to the test and we devised systems to keep rats out. Our designs have been effective and our garden is coming back to life.





We recently planted raspberries. The bare root bushes are thriving thanks to the Spring rains. Our worm bin has recovered from the heat waves San Francisco experienced this Fall. It is so nice seeing life in our bin again. We planted radish seeds a number of weeks ago. The seeds were successful, sprouted, are fully grown, and our radishes are ready to harvest. This radish success is surely due to our handy-dandy rat barriers. Today we worked hard completing our regular maintenance routines and planted three varieties of greens. We had a very full and rewarding day. Thanks for checking in on our efforts and progress! Please visit our blog again soon!

Garden Club 01/06/12

Our team of middle school gardeners went to work designing systems to keep the rats and crows away from the veggies they are planting. Next week they will build 3 prototypes and see which design is most effective. PHS first graders came up to join in the fun.

We welcomed them into the garden by introducing ourselves and doing a bit of yoga. We taught them how to plant seeds. They planted cabbage, radishes, and kale. They checked in on our worm bin. We gave some love to Tiger and then shared out about what each of us achieved in the garden.