Our gardens are a great place to start identifying and eradicating harmful and invasive weeds. This class covers the most common garden invaders (including pesky weed species) and best practices for making sure they leave, and don’t come back.
The document discusses eleven elements of effective writing instruction for middle school students, including summarization, collaborative writing, using specific product goals, word processing, sentence combining, prewriting, inquiry activities, process writing, and studying models. It provides examples of graphic organizers and prewriting activities teachers can use, such as T-charts, modified Cornell notes, and sentence frames. It concludes by asking teachers to reflect on the strategies discussed and how they could integrate them, and to identify areas where students need more support.
Teacher Worm Composting Guide
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
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Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
The document describes a Zero Waste Day event which is a one day drive-thru donation event where residents can donate reusable items and recyclables. It is staffed by volunteers and non-profit organizations. The event has electronics and paper recycling, accepts donations of furniture, clothing, building materials, and more. Promotion involves websites, flyers, and local media. Sample results from a past event show hundreds of attendees and donations filling multiple trucks. Lessons learned include volunteer coordination and ensuring no leftover donations.
Starting Seeds Indoors by Chris Turse Rooting Dcguest0a6757d
The document provides instructions for starting seeds indoors, including selecting seeds, germinating seeds, planting media, containers, watering, lighting, temperature requirements, transplanting seedlings, and hardening off seedlings before planting outside. It discusses optimal growing conditions and materials needed at each stage of germination and seedling growth.
The document discusses the benefits of establishing food gardens in schools. It outlines how a school in Australia created a garden to teach children about food sources, nutrition, and plant life cycles. Maintaining seed-to-seed gardens provides hands-on learning and helps children understand self-reliance and nature's abundance. The document provides guidance on planning, creating, and using school gardens for cross-curricular educational purposes.
This document discusses the importance of bees as pollinators for one third of the world's food supply. It notes that bees are vital parts of the food chain and ecosystems. The document also warns that honeybee colonies are dying all over the world due to pesticides, which damage bees' nervous systems and ability to communicate. It provides recommendations for what individuals can do to help bees by avoiding pesticides, using eco-friendly alternatives, and planting bee-friendly plants.
Composting is a natural process that turns food waste and other organic materials into nutrient-rich soil. There are different scales of composting, from small indoor worm bins to large commercial operations. Whately Elementary School does medium-scale composting of cafeteria food scraps and paper in an on-site bin, which is then taken to Bear Path Farm for large-scale composting. Composting keeps food waste out of landfills, where it would decompose and release the potent greenhouse gas methane.
Pollination services and pollinator diversity are essential in preserving food security and conservation of biodiversity. Bees are one of the very important pollinators. Besides the very well-known honeybees there are many other bee species that play significant roles.
The document discusses eleven elements of effective writing instruction for middle school students, including summarization, collaborative writing, using specific product goals, word processing, sentence combining, prewriting, inquiry activities, process writing, and studying models. It provides examples of graphic organizers and prewriting activities teachers can use, such as T-charts, modified Cornell notes, and sentence frames. It concludes by asking teachers to reflect on the strategies discussed and how they could integrate them, and to identify areas where students need more support.
Teacher Worm Composting Guide
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
The document describes a Zero Waste Day event which is a one day drive-thru donation event where residents can donate reusable items and recyclables. It is staffed by volunteers and non-profit organizations. The event has electronics and paper recycling, accepts donations of furniture, clothing, building materials, and more. Promotion involves websites, flyers, and local media. Sample results from a past event show hundreds of attendees and donations filling multiple trucks. Lessons learned include volunteer coordination and ensuring no leftover donations.
Starting Seeds Indoors by Chris Turse Rooting Dcguest0a6757d
The document provides instructions for starting seeds indoors, including selecting seeds, germinating seeds, planting media, containers, watering, lighting, temperature requirements, transplanting seedlings, and hardening off seedlings before planting outside. It discusses optimal growing conditions and materials needed at each stage of germination and seedling growth.
The document discusses the benefits of establishing food gardens in schools. It outlines how a school in Australia created a garden to teach children about food sources, nutrition, and plant life cycles. Maintaining seed-to-seed gardens provides hands-on learning and helps children understand self-reliance and nature's abundance. The document provides guidance on planning, creating, and using school gardens for cross-curricular educational purposes.
This document discusses the importance of bees as pollinators for one third of the world's food supply. It notes that bees are vital parts of the food chain and ecosystems. The document also warns that honeybee colonies are dying all over the world due to pesticides, which damage bees' nervous systems and ability to communicate. It provides recommendations for what individuals can do to help bees by avoiding pesticides, using eco-friendly alternatives, and planting bee-friendly plants.
Composting is a natural process that turns food waste and other organic materials into nutrient-rich soil. There are different scales of composting, from small indoor worm bins to large commercial operations. Whately Elementary School does medium-scale composting of cafeteria food scraps and paper in an on-site bin, which is then taken to Bear Path Farm for large-scale composting. Composting keeps food waste out of landfills, where it would decompose and release the potent greenhouse gas methane.
Pollination services and pollinator diversity are essential in preserving food security and conservation of biodiversity. Bees are one of the very important pollinators. Besides the very well-known honeybees there are many other bee species that play significant roles.
The document discusses three types of software distribution models: open source software, which can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone; freeware, which is free for personal use but cannot be shared or modified; and shareware, which allows limited free use but requires payment for continued use or additional functionality.
this topic objectives are: differentiate self- pollination and cross pollination,draw self-pollination in plants and appreciate the importance of insects in pollination.
The document provides information about honeybees, including their Latin name, anatomy, role in pollination, and relationship with humans. It discusses how honeybees collect nectar and pollen, their social structure and communication, and their importance to agriculture and food production through pollination. The document also covers beekeeping practices such as hive construction and care, honey harvesting techniques, and the historical relationship between humans and honeybees.
Honeybees play an important role in pollination and food production. They pollinate over 90 crops worldwide. Honeybees have various roles within the hive including workers that do tasks, a queen that lays eggs, and drones that mate with queens. However, honeybee populations are declining due to threats like parasites, diseases, and pesticides which could disrupt global food supply if not addressed. Loss of honeybees would have significant economic and environmental impacts.
1) Seeds are the baby plants that allow seed plants like pine trees to reproduce. Seeds have three parts - a seed coat, stored food, and an embryo.
2) Pine trees reproduce through male and female cones, with pollen from male cones fertilizing the seeds in female cones.
3) For a seed to germinate into a new plant, it needs certain conditions like soil, water, and sunlight in order to break open its seed coat and use stored food to grow roots and shoots.
Seeds are the most important means of plant reproduction and have many uses for humans. Seed technology is the study of seed production, handling, and storage in order to ensure high quality seeds for successful crop production. It is important for maintaining genetic resources and allowing study of plant processes. Seeds are a major source of food, feed, fibers, oils and other products worldwide.
Beekeeping (apiculture) has been practiced for thousands of years. Honey bees are commonly kept in artificial hives throughout Pakistan to harvest honey, beeswax, and other products. Beekeeping can be a profitable business, with a person able to earn Rs. 5000 per month keeping 25-50 hives part-time. On a larger, full-time scale with 200 hives, potential net income is Rs. 503,300 annually after accounting for capital and production costs. Pakistan has an estimated 300,000 honeybee colonies producing 7,500 metric tons of honey each year.
This document discusses different types of pollination including natural pollination, self-pollination, and cross-pollination. Self-pollination involves the transfer of pollen within the same flower or plant and examples include pea plants and barley. Cross-pollination involves the transfer of pollen between different plants and is favored by adaptations like dichogamy and heterogamy. The agents of cross-pollination can be biotic, like insects, birds, bats, and ants, or abiotic, like wind and water. Cross-pollination provides advantages like healthier offspring and new varieties, while self-pollination risks weakening offspring over continued inbreeding.
Honey bees are crucial pollinators for many fruits and vegetables. They pollinate about 30% of the food consumed in the US. However, honey bee populations have declined by 30-50% over the last 20 years due to various factors like pesticides, malnutrition, mites, and viruses. If honey bee populations continue to decline, it could significantly impact food prices and availability. There are steps people can take to help honey bees, such as planting bee-friendly gardens and donating to research on solving colony collapse disorder.
Honey bees live in hives made of wax cells, usually located in hollow trees or other sheltered areas. They have four wings, six legs, and a black and yellow striped appearance, with the queen bee having a larger abdomen. Honey bees play an important role in pollinating flowers as they collect pollen and nectar to make honey. They communicate through dancing and antennae touching to share information. The worker bees perform different tasks like making wax, feeding larvae, ventilating the hive, and collecting pollen and nectar under the leadership of the queen bee.
The document discusses three types of software distribution models: open source software, which can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone; freeware, which is free for personal use but cannot be shared or modified; and shareware, which allows limited free use but requires payment for continued use or additional functionality.
this topic objectives are: differentiate self- pollination and cross pollination,draw self-pollination in plants and appreciate the importance of insects in pollination.
The document provides information about honeybees, including their Latin name, anatomy, role in pollination, and relationship with humans. It discusses how honeybees collect nectar and pollen, their social structure and communication, and their importance to agriculture and food production through pollination. The document also covers beekeeping practices such as hive construction and care, honey harvesting techniques, and the historical relationship between humans and honeybees.
Honeybees play an important role in pollination and food production. They pollinate over 90 crops worldwide. Honeybees have various roles within the hive including workers that do tasks, a queen that lays eggs, and drones that mate with queens. However, honeybee populations are declining due to threats like parasites, diseases, and pesticides which could disrupt global food supply if not addressed. Loss of honeybees would have significant economic and environmental impacts.
1) Seeds are the baby plants that allow seed plants like pine trees to reproduce. Seeds have three parts - a seed coat, stored food, and an embryo.
2) Pine trees reproduce through male and female cones, with pollen from male cones fertilizing the seeds in female cones.
3) For a seed to germinate into a new plant, it needs certain conditions like soil, water, and sunlight in order to break open its seed coat and use stored food to grow roots and shoots.
Seeds are the most important means of plant reproduction and have many uses for humans. Seed technology is the study of seed production, handling, and storage in order to ensure high quality seeds for successful crop production. It is important for maintaining genetic resources and allowing study of plant processes. Seeds are a major source of food, feed, fibers, oils and other products worldwide.
Beekeeping (apiculture) has been practiced for thousands of years. Honey bees are commonly kept in artificial hives throughout Pakistan to harvest honey, beeswax, and other products. Beekeeping can be a profitable business, with a person able to earn Rs. 5000 per month keeping 25-50 hives part-time. On a larger, full-time scale with 200 hives, potential net income is Rs. 503,300 annually after accounting for capital and production costs. Pakistan has an estimated 300,000 honeybee colonies producing 7,500 metric tons of honey each year.
This document discusses different types of pollination including natural pollination, self-pollination, and cross-pollination. Self-pollination involves the transfer of pollen within the same flower or plant and examples include pea plants and barley. Cross-pollination involves the transfer of pollen between different plants and is favored by adaptations like dichogamy and heterogamy. The agents of cross-pollination can be biotic, like insects, birds, bats, and ants, or abiotic, like wind and water. Cross-pollination provides advantages like healthier offspring and new varieties, while self-pollination risks weakening offspring over continued inbreeding.
Honey bees are crucial pollinators for many fruits and vegetables. They pollinate about 30% of the food consumed in the US. However, honey bee populations have declined by 30-50% over the last 20 years due to various factors like pesticides, malnutrition, mites, and viruses. If honey bee populations continue to decline, it could significantly impact food prices and availability. There are steps people can take to help honey bees, such as planting bee-friendly gardens and donating to research on solving colony collapse disorder.
Honey bees live in hives made of wax cells, usually located in hollow trees or other sheltered areas. They have four wings, six legs, and a black and yellow striped appearance, with the queen bee having a larger abdomen. Honey bees play an important role in pollinating flowers as they collect pollen and nectar to make honey. They communicate through dancing and antennae touching to share information. The worker bees perform different tasks like making wax, feeding larvae, ventilating the hive, and collecting pollen and nectar under the leadership of the queen bee.
2. What We’ll Cover Today
Intro
we are Independence Gardens
• We build raised beds, chicken coops,
terraces, trellises, & other garden
infrastructure
• Help with garden design & planning,
cleanup, prep, and installation
• Teach edible gardening classes
• & make Doo Tees!
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3. What We’ll Cover Today
Preview
Topics We’ll Cover
Got Questions?
• Top four baddie invaders
Please ask as we go along.
• Weeds: invasive, noxious, or
just annoying?
• Other garden invaders
• Recommended prevention.
control, & disposal methods
• Resources
• Take-home message
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4. And Some Other Options
Our “favorite” garden invaders
Himalayan blackberry English ivy
Bu er y bush
Field bindweed Why are these “favorites”?
Because we don’t feel particularly con icted
about removing them...
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5. And Some Otherblackberry
Control for Options
• Manual
removal of
canes
• Manual
removal of
rootballs
• Mow (or
use goats)
to prevent
foliage
regrowth
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6. And Some Other for ivy
Control Options
• Remove foliage, vines, and
roots manually
• Cut all vines that run up trees at
base of tree
- Ivy owers and fruits on vertical
growth, so focus on ge ing rid
of it
• Use goats to help keep foliage
from growing back
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7. And Some Other Options
Control for bu er y bush
• Intervene
before it
goes to
seed...
• “One-cut
pruning”
• Remove
stumps
manually
(or get
help...)
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8. And Some Other bindweed
Control for Options
• Remove vines
• Reproduction
occurs by
rhizome, so
try not to
leave pieces
• Solarize
• Apply thick
sheet mulch
• Monitor (esp.
edges)
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9. And Some Other Options
Weeds that aren’t so bad
White clover
Trifolium repens
Li le western bi ercress
Cardamine oligosperma
Plantain
Plantago major
Chickweed Red deadne le Dandelion
Stellaria media Lamium purpureum Taraxacum officinale
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10. Why Compost?difference?
What’s the
• Good weeds a ract bene cial insects, give clues about
our soil quality, add nutrients to our gardens, and feed us
• By de nition, invasive weeds are non-native & were
introduced here; they tend to be aggressive competitors
for space & resources
• Noxious weeds have a negative economic impact and are
regulated by federal & state governments
• We focus on removing invasives and noxious weeds, and
tend not to worry as much about the others...
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11. Why Compost?
Parallel invaders: Pests
• Similar to weeds, pest
invaders require:
- Positive identi cation
- Familiarity with method
of reproduction/spread
- Properly timed
intervention
- Effective use of
deterrents
- Responsible use of -cides
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12. Why Compost? “Oopsies”
Parallel invaders:
• Oopsies = plants that have
reproduced without your
permission
• Similar to other weeds,
“oopsies” require you to
- Notice early
- Observe functions/let them
serve those f ’ns if appropriate
(e.g. pollinator a ractors)
- Remove ASAP
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13. Why An ounce of prevention...
Compost?
• “Being there”
- Observation, then
intervention
• Focusing on
maintaining soil health
and encouraging
desired plants’ growth
• Watering YOUR
plants, not the whole
garden area
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14. Why Prevention: Raised beds
Compost?
• Effective barrier to
weeds that spread by
rhizome
• Loose soil makes
weeds easy to pull
out
• Still have to monitor
for oopsies and bird-
dropped/wind-
blown seeds
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15. Why Compost? crops & mulch
Prevention: Cover
• Nature abhors a
vacuum (and bare
soil, too)
• Cover crops are
noninvasive/non-
irritating
competitors
• Mulches smother
weeds/prevent
photosynthesis
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16. Why Compost? Hoes!
Removal:
• Plants can’t make
food if foliage is
disconnected from
roots
• Use the hoe to cut
the plant just below
the soil surface
• Adjust blade angle
so you don’t have to
bend to use it
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17. Why Compost?
Removal: Other tools
• Hand pruners
• Loppers
• Saws
• Machetes
• Hori-horis
• Lawnmowers
• Fire: don’t (just) play with
it!
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18. Why Compost?
Disposal
• Commercial
composting (pu ing it
out in your yard debris
roll-cart) is the best bet
• Non-noxious weeds that
have not gone to seed
can be composted in a
backyard system
• If you do use chemicals,
don’t assume safety
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19. A note on herbicides
• Please...avoid weed & feed &
other non-speci c products
• Follow IPM hierarchy (chemical
control comes in dead last)
• Look for pre- and post-emergent
control products that are OMRI-
listed, if possible
• ALWAYS read the label and
ALWAYS follow instructions
• Wear your PPE!
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20. Common pitfalls
• Time constraints
• Lack of consistency
• Discomfort with
eliminating living
things
• Improper technique
• Trying to eliminate
ALL weeds
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21. Take-home message
• Some weeds are way worse
than others
• Your involvement is key
• Include others in your
garden routine if at all
possible
• Don’t let a problem become
a Problem
• It’s OK to ask for help
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22. Resources
Do this!
• Oregon noxious weeds lists:
h p://www.oregon.gov/ODA/
PLANT/WEEDS/
statelist2.shtml
• Weed identi cation: h p://
mint.ippc.orst.edu/
weedidenti cation.htm
• Paci c Northwest’s Least
Wanted List:
extension.oregonstate.edu/
catalog/pdf/ec/ec1563.pdf
Not this.
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