Are you overwhelmed by the idea of fertilizing your school garden during summer break—or worse, feeling disappointed when your garden underperforms come fall?
In this episode, Leila Mireskandari shares a powerful shift in perspective: you don’t need to fertilize your school garden during summer at all—if you set it up right from the beginning.
💡 Learn why proactive garden design is more powerful than constant summer maintenance, and how proper soil prep, smart plant choices, and working with nature can eliminate fertilizing from your summer to-do list entirely.
🌱 What You’ll Learn:
- Why fertilizing can (and should) be skipped in a well-designed school garden
- The #1 mistake teachers make that creates a need for summer fertilizing
- How to choose the right crops to avoid summer headaches
- The importance of working with nature instead of against it
- How some teachers grow 20+ varieties of food with no fertilizing and minimal summer work
📚 Resources Mentioned:
- 📝 Free List of Recommended Seeds for School Gardens
- 🌼 Free Guide: How to Minimize Summer Maintenance in School Gardens
- 💻 Low-Cost Webinar + Full Class: Grow a School Garden with Almost No Summer Maintenance
Whether you’re just starting out or looking to make your school garden more manageable, this episode will help you feel empowered to design a garden that thrives—without burnout.
👉 Listen now and take the first step toward a stress-free, abundant school garden!
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