Cornerstone Community Farm

The Backyard Urban Gardening students at Fairfield have been experimenting with square foot gardening! This method allows students to design the layout of the raised beds by each square foot. Swipe to see some of their designs!

The back yard urban gardening students have been taking soil samples to identify the type of soil we are working with! 🌱

Do you know the type of soil that’s in your garden?

Carolina mantids (Stagmomantis carolina) are a native preying mantis species. With a smaller body size (~2.5 inches long) and mottled, camoflauge coloration, they can be hard to spot. But we did find one of their egg cases attached to a t-post!

More info and second image credit:
https://entomology.ces.ncsu.edu/biological-control-information-center/beneficial-predators/carolina-mantid/