Edible Schoolyard, first tree planting phase
Today I continued working with students and teachers at Escuela Isaac Rabin on our edible schoolyard project. I brought a variety of interesting, useful plants, mostly trees, which we planted throughout a corner and two boarders of the grounds. I didn’t take any photos but some of the students were documenting the whole process, taking notes, filming and taking photos, so hopefully I can get a hold of some of their photos to upload on this site.
Today we focused on planting trees. During our next phase of planting we will be focusing on inter-planting smaller, shorter-lived plants (mostly edible) in between the trees, so as to take advantage of the open ground and sun exposure while the trees are still relatively small. We also plan to take advantage of the fence as a vertical trellis for vines.
Below is list of the species we’ve planted so far, each one links to its respective entry.
Carambola, Cereza China (Panama),Starfruit
Albaca (Basil), I will upload a page
Oregano, I will upload a page
Great blog! I’ve visited in the past and was really impressed with urban development plan. Great to see your progress. I’m adding you to my blog roll right now.
I have some Pacay (Inga feuilleei) seeds. The fruit in pods is all over the place at this time of the year. I’ll try to get them to sprout in pots before transplanting. I was trying to get some info about the plant (originally from Peru) but haven’t found much.
Apparently Dave here is desperate for some info as well :
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/175694/
Or should we plant seeds directly on the soil around the trees?
I just checked Arboles y Arbustos de Panama. The pods are Inga multijuga fruit, or Guaba. It’s a huge tree, 20m +. I’ll try the seeds and maybe we could transplant on our new campus site in the future. I’ll stick to the books for identification from now on.
Regards.
Yeah, books are always easier to ID with. The Guaba are excellent fast growing, nitrogen fixing trees. Try to germinate them in a pot and the students can transplant them into larger nursery bags in a month or so when they’re about eight inches tall.