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How does our soil measure up?
Today the Rebel Gardeners tested our soil to make sure our plants are getting the nutrients they need. We spent some time learning about the importance of Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), and Potassium (K) in our soil and talked about how the pH of the soil can make it easier or harder for plants to […]
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July 17, 2012 |
Category: General News
Rebel Gardeners Harvesting For The Market 7/12
On Thursday 7/12 a few youths from rebel gardeners was out in our garden harvesting so we can sell our product at the market. Here’s the harvest:
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July 12, 2012 |
Category: General News
A Radish Story
Harvesting radishes means spring is here, the flowers are blooming, and it is, in general, one of the best times of the year. Our radish story started in late March, planting seeds in the bed a few inch apart. Now, a month later, the red tops have broken ground ready to escape the soil. The […]
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May 4, 2012 |
Category: General News
Youth Growers Market
This summer teens from across the city of Philadelphia are uniting together once a month to sell youth-grown local produce to the community. Charles explains the Rebel Gardeners Business Card to a customer. Martina and Charles working the crowd. From Youth Growers Market
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August 11, 2011 |
Category: General News, Markets | Tags: charles, SCRG, youth growers
Clark Park
The Thursday Farmers Market at Clark Park is a real nice neighborhood market with a variety of vendors selling melons and peaches, challah and whole wheat, onions and beets and peas, and the best barbequed chicken this side of the Nashville. We like to have as many Rebel Gardeners as possible at Clark Park since […]
Rebel Ganoush
Last Tuesday the SCRG visited the Eastwick Community Garden to see how things were going in the height of the season. But when we drove up to Pepper in the morning before going to Eastwick things didn’t look right. Our tomato cages had collapsed and lay flat, there stakes out of the ground along with […]
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August 6, 2011 |
Category: Cooking, Eastwick Community Garden, Garden, General News, Recipes, Videos
Dear Michelle Obama,
Letters to Michelle Obama: Michelle Obama’s, Let’s Move campaign, has undeniably left an effect on many, including youth from urban districts. The students are just as concerned with eating healthier as they are with staying active. Each student has a different story and upbringing but as part of the Rebel Gardeners, they’ve been supplied with […]
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August 5, 2011 |
Category: General News, Rebel Newsletter | Tags: advocacy, let's move, SCRG
Eastwick Reflections
‘Today we took a trip to the Eastwick Community Garden. It’s our neighboring garden and is currently in danger of being replaced by an airport parking lot. I don’t know what tunnel-visioned supervisor thinks industrialized urban parking lots beat luscious multipurpose gardens that many people rely on. It upsets me that people still think so […]
School Lunch- SCRG Edition
It was recently announced by the School District of Philadelphia that dozens of school cafeterias would switch from fresh, daily food production to airplane style, re-heatable, pre-packaged meals. This decision would cut jobs and save money. In the wake of the devastating cuts to school food services in Philadelphia, I asked the SCRG to design […]
Rebel Pesto
Today for lunch the crew had pesto. It was made fresh from the ingredients in our garden. It had basil, kale, pumpkin seeds, olive oil, garlic, zucchini, and pasta. I think the pesto was really good with some parmesan cheese. It wasn’t sweet but it wasn’t bitter. It had a unique taste. – Andre Ingredients […]
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Category: Cooking, Garden, General News | Tags: cooking, garden, how-to, recipes, SCRG
