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Great Tomatoes Every Year

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Post published:May 18, 2020
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Bob Randall with his May 2020 Harvest of backyard tomatoes. By Bob Randall, Ph.D. At our house we taste the wonderful bounty tomatoes offers us very spring. The reason is…

¡Las Rosas son dulces, las Violetas saludables!

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Post published:April 20, 2020
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Todos conocemos el refrán infantil, “las rosas son rojas y las violetas azules”, pero muchos no saben de las propiedades nutricionales que las flores comestibles entregan, además de ser un…

Mama Jo’s Scrumptious Sweet Potato Pies

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Post published:November 23, 2019
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Ingredients 3-4 medium sweet potatoes 1 can of evaporated milk (12 oz.) 1 stick of butter 2 tsp. lemon extract 6 large eggs 1 tsp. vanilla Instructions 1) Preheat oven…

Adopt-A-Garden Kicks Off At Area Gardens

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Post published:June 13, 2019
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Volunteers at Bonham ElementaryPrepping beds at BonhamDigging in at Harry HolmesVolunteers at Harry Holmes The Adopt-A-Garden Program connects gardens in underserved areas with community partners to support gardens, build relationships…

Great Tomatoes Every Year

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Post published:June 12, 2019
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by Dr. Bob RandallEvery June since its inception, I have appeared at the Urban Harvest Tomato Fest to answer questions about growing tomatoes. We also rejoice in and taste the…

Flower buckets at Local Flora

Growing Cut Flowers in your Vegetable Garden

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Post published:May 8, 2019
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by Blas Espinosa, Naturalist, St. Catherine's Montessori Flowers can have a big place at the table and in the garden. For me, growing flowers at first was a little intimidating,…

Urban Harvest in the community

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Post published:May 8, 2019
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Volunteers weed in the Pollinator Garden at Blackshear Elementary It was a weekend in the garden and promoting local food in Houston. On Thursday, a group from Starbucks weeded,…

Meet the Spring 2019 Intern!

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Post published:February 4, 2019
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Hi! My name is Samiyah Siddiqi and I’ll be interning with Urban Harvest this Spring 2019! I’ll be assisting and educating in community gardens, school garden programs, farmers markets and…

Gregory Lincoln’s Cultivated Classroom Archived in Smithsonian

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Post published:January 23, 2019
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Thanks to the efforts of The Garden Club of Houston, Urban Harvest's Cultivated Classroom at Gregory Lincoln Education Center has been accepted into the Archives of American Gardens, an archive maintained by…

Thanks, for Helping us Grow!

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Post published:December 17, 2018
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2018 saw a very productive year in Youth Education. From the birth of new school gardens, like Mading Elementary, to the actualization of long-term plans at schools like Gregory-Lincoln Education…