{"id":259,"date":"2013-02-07T13:11:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T20:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/?p=259"},"modified":"2013-03-06T16:45:46","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T23:45:46","slug":"groundbreaking-at-huntington-middle-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/groundbreaking-at-huntington-middle-school","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking at Huntington Middle School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC_0487-Large-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-260 alignright\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" alt=\"DSC_0487 (Large) (3)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC_0487-Large-3-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC_0487-Large-3-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC_0487-Large-3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Looking for some good news? Look no further&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Taking advantage of a window of clear weather, we broke ground at Huntington Middle School in Kelso this Saturday, clearing a space for a new 70&#8242; x 100&#8242; garden.<\/p>\n<p>Once again we are thankful and completely humbled by the community support. <strong>Jammie&#8217;s Environmental<\/strong> donated the use of the tractor and 2 expert (think &#8220;heavy equipment ninjas&#8221;) operators; <strong>Watkins <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_1010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-261 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" alt=\"IMG_1010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_1010-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_1010-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_1010.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Tractor<\/strong> donated the use of the excavator for the day. <strong>ECS<\/strong> donated the silt fence. There was a great turnout of volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Huntington Garden is off to a good start with funding from <strong>Weyerhaeuser Foundation<\/strong> and <strong>Kaiser Permanente<\/strong>, as well as <strong>Huntington PTO<\/strong> and some private donors. Help is pledged from <strong>Kellogg Gardens<\/strong> (soil and amendments), <strong>5 Rivers Construction<\/strong> (concrete forms), and <strong>Cowlitz Fence Co<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Kids and volunteers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Huntington-Garden-091.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-262 alignright\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" alt=\"Huntington Garden 091\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Huntington-Garden-091-300x199.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Huntington-Garden-091-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Huntington-Garden-091.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>are anxious to start digging. I guess I&#8217;ve been saying this for years now, but these are exciting times.<\/p>\n<p>Good stuff, people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for some good news? Look no further&#8230;. Taking advantage of a window of clear weather, we broke ground at Huntington Middle School in Kelso this Saturday, clearing a space for a new 70&#8242; x 100&#8242; garden. Once again we<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/groundbreaking-at-huntington-middle-school\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Groundbreaking at Huntington Middle School<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kelso","category-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}