Great Scarecrow Display this Year at Birch Lane!

Click on this little guy to see all of the Birch Lane 2012 Scarecrows!

SCARECROW BREAKFAST!

 The annual Scarecrow Breakfast at Birch Lane is on Halloween morning! Bring scarecrows to set up and show off in the Birch Lane Elementary quad and have your picture taken with your creation! Check out the link to past creative scarecrows: Scarecrows

On-line & On-site Plant Sale at Korematsu this Week!

On-line there are flower and vegetable plants for sale including the special herbs grown by DHS students: Lemon Thyme, Stevia, French Lavender, Du Provence Lavender, Huntington Carpet Rosemary, and Hot and Spicy Oregano!

Check it out at http://www.mykorematsu.com/plant-sale/ and order big and then pick it all up at Korematsu Elementary at the corner of Loyola and Alhambra on Friday the 18th! Marc will be having an on-site sale with other fabulous plants for sale both Thursday AND Friday!

BIG Garden Sale May 7-11!

Please sign up to help! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4FAAAC29A64-bigspring

Individual Pots of:

• Tomatoes: Beefsteak, Big Beef, Big Rainbow, Black Krim, Celebrity, Early Girl, Shady Lady, Red Siberian, Roma, Virginia Sweet, Super Sweet 100 
• Sweet Basil 
• Armenian Cucumber
• Zucchini Squash
• French Pumpkins 
• California Wonder Bell Peppers
• Tall Coreopsis

6Packs of:

• Peppers: Red Beauty Bell Peppers, Jalapeño Peppers, Sweet Banana Peppers 
• Sweet Basil 
• Triple Curled Parsley 
• Flowers: Begonias ‘Varsity Mix’, Impatiens mixed colors, Petunia Madness mix, Lobelia ‘Crystal Palace’

Plants are also available on-line soon for pick up on-site on Friday 5/11 between 1-5pm:

http://www.mykorematsu.com/plant-sale/

The On-Line Tri-School plant sale will include herbs grown by DHS students for SAE projects – Supervised Agricultural Experience

Winter Nature/Recycling Crafts Fridays at Lunch!

These projects were created during our Lunch Time Garden Club on Fridays this winter! Stepping stone mosaics are made with broken plates and tiles. Pine cones,egg cartons and poly-fill from old pillows can be made into sweet Spotted Owls.  Who wouldn't be happy to receive a "Love Rock" from their child? Gardening is happening too. Digging for worms seems to be an activity no one gets tired of!

Start Seed Indoors Now

GROWING FROM SEED INDOORS is easy with our full-spectrum lighting systems that fit on many classroom counters! In this photo we re-used plastic containers from our lunches as little seed starters. This is the time of year to start seeds like tomatoes, peppers and eggplant.

Our 2011 Winter Garden Sale Through Dec. 16 at Birch Lane Elementary