Garden Sentiments

Because the gardens were showcased across disciplines this year, we found it extremely important to receive feedback from those heavily involved with its integration on campus. Brief interviews were conducted to get a sense of both faculty and student opinions on the gardens. The results were overwhelmingly positive! Interview with Professor Paula Turkon, Ithaca College…

Droves of Cloves

The garden workers spent an afternoon working together to clear the beds of the lower organic garden for garlic planting. We removed the decrepit plant matter, adding a beautiful new layer to the campus compost pile. Once the beds were tilled and the soil mixed, the garlic was brought out. Garlic is a magical plant….

Winding Down

Well friends, it’s that time of year. The gardens are being out to rest. What does this entail? A good deal of work by our volunteers and student workers. When each crop has finished its production cycle, we remove the plant remains from the beds and prepare them for the next season. Below you can…

Recipie Master Post

Welcome to our recipe page! Here you will find a maser list of all of the recipes created by Ithaca College nutrition students during the Fall 2016 semester. Each recipe incorporates produce harvested from the campus organic gardens that students processed and prepared for classroom consumption. We hope you are inspired to try something new, cook…

Kale Yeah

This season, kale was grown in both the upper and lower organic gardens on IC’s campus. The kale emerged in great quantities and only grew better as the season progressed. The kale was grown from seed and didn’t receive any special attention, growing well on its very own. Kale grows tougher the longer it is…

Harvesting

As one of the people who sewed the seeds and planted the young seedlings in the organic gardens, I feel an emotional connection to the plants which have grown in these gardens. Cultivating healthy, fruit bearing plants from seed is extremely rewarding. For me, it proves that even in this world where we are so…

Sweet and Spicey

Sweet bell peppers and hot pepper varieties were grown in the lower garden this summer. The hot pepper seedlings were purchased from GreenStar co-op and grown organically by Blue Heron farm. The gardeners were offered the opportunity to trade working hours on Bright Raven Farm for seedlings and we graciously accepted. A handful of bell peppers…

Tis The Season

This season, the gardeners grew some incredible pumpkins! These pumpkins were grown from organic seed and directly sewn mid summer. About 3 large beds in the lower gardens were used for pumpkin growing exclusively. The pumpkin were attacked repeatedly by pests of all sorts. The most detrimental pests were squash beetles who consumed the leaves…