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Planting Resiliency During COVID-19

  • Post author:Gabriel Borja
  • Post published:March 28, 2020
  • Post category:20 for 2020
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Thursday March 12th, 2020 is when things started to get weird. This was the day toilet paper began to disappear off store shelves. It was the day that worried, never-before…

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Cucumbers & The Spring Planting Guide

  • Post author:Carol Burton
  • Post published:February 27, 2020
  • Post category:20 for 2020
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When soil temperatures start to warm up above 60 degrees starting in mid-March, it is time to plant cucumbers. Cucumbers are gratifying: they are fast growing and provide an abundant…

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Growing Lettuce in 2020!

  • Post author:Carol Burton
  • Post published:January 28, 2020
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Carol Burton - Director of Gardening Education at Urban Harvest I love to grow lettuce because it is easy to grow in any type of garden: school, container or backyard.…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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We Need More Pesto!

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  • Post published:October 30, 2018
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You know things are going well when your students are begging for more of your basil pesto. Hello there! My name is Allyson Schaefers and for this Fall semester I…

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