Comments on: Permaculture, Meet High School

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By: A Canadian Foodie

A Canadian Foodie — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:00:34 +0000

Dustin Bajer is my new hero! He needs to get an award for teaching as teaching should be. There are others, but not so many as there could be. I have already written to him. Thank you for using your space as the conduit to all things wonderful in the food world. I was salivating. This is exactly what I tried to get going at the middle school my last two years there – but, though my principal was supportive, there wasn’t any funding available or this kind of a space. Obviously, I was not as tenacious, knowledgeable, or as energetic as Dustin! Well done!
:)
Valerie

By: SherryGreens

SherryGreens — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:30:09 +0000

This is a fantastic program. I would love to see this sort of thing get going at my local school here in Edmonton. The children are our future, we need to reconnect them with food and with nature! My hope is that trailblazers like Dustin will inspire others to follow in his footsteps. There is so much to learn in planting a garden, so much about science and photosynthesis and agriculture… Most of all kids need to realize that food grows from the ground, it comes from the earth, and does not just appear in a box at the supermarket.

My kids starts kindergarten this September, I might just ask some questions to see where this could lead…

By: Judy Z.

Judy Z. — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:48:13 +0000

I am sure Lisa and Allanwould appreciate any input you can give them re what is growing there. They have a lot of work ahead of them. I ‘m sure they would love to be joining the mushroom forays as well.

By: Bob in Edmonton

Bob in Edmonton — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:08:08 +0000

I’m also struck by the wasted space every day when I walk my daughter to school. There is a spot about 30×100 feet on the east side of her school that is just lawn. The kids can’t play there (due to sightlines) during recess and the janitor has scared most of them off from even walking on it after school.

Allowing for drought spacing of potatoes, you could still get about 120 plants in there. That would yield 700 or so pounds of potatoes (at a guess, assuming nothing bad happens). Could be tied into the social studies (social justice, agricultural history) and science (life cycle of a plant) curriculum. All it needs is a rototilling and manuring this autumn and a planting next spring, with periodical hoeing.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:20:24 +0000

Dustin – you’re welcome!
Judy – I got my bloody dock from Gwen at Inspired Market Gardens [They're at the City Market]. I should pop by their yard and see if I can give you [them a hand].

By: Judy Z.

Judy Z. — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 02:58:23 +0000

It is great that they are doing this at the high school and have the culinary portion of the school involved also.
I appreciated the identification of some of the plants. It helped me to identify some of the plants that are growing in Lisa and Allan’s yard. I would like to find a source for the dock which he indicated is a perenial salad green. Sounds like a great thing to have in you yard.

By: Dustin Bajer

Dustin Bajer — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:59:48 +0000

Thanks for coming by and checking out the program, Kevin! It was a pleasure to have you and to receive such a great write up/video on your blog.

Dustin Bajer
Jasper Place (High School) Permaculture

http://permaculture.jasperplace.ca
http://twitter.com/#!/JP_Permaculture