VSB Student Captures SOYL Program

VSB Student Captures SOYL Program

Learning about Food, Sustainability, and Leadership on Schoolyard Farms by Nichole Bruce, SOYL Graduate When I accepted the placement at SOYL this summer, I didn’t quite know what to expect. Some of my friends had done it the summer before and said it was a lot...
Season of Pruning and Trellising

Season of Pruning and Trellising

On leaving room and creating space. On pruning and trellising. On learning about learning. ~~~~~ “They’re called ‘suckers’ because they suck energy from the plant. Also because they just suck.” (Gaelan, teaching a friend’s little...
The Constancy of Change

The Constancy of Change

“I hate change.”  Hanne and I are wheeling back from the compost bin just before lunch. “I LOVE change!”  Hanne exclaims.  Sometimes I wish that I, too, had a slightly stronger predilection for change and transition. I remember this brief...