Our school garden with the chickens was just written up in the Detroit Free Press! The site is
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070826/CFPO8/708260522/1110/NEWS
I found it by putting in the title of the article
Southfield schoolkids learn about life in garden. This article is...
Hi all! My school garden was recently featured in a newspaper. It's not entirely correct, but its a nice article. If you would like to look at it, it is on the Southfield Eccentric website. You could go to
http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070823/NEWS20/70823045...
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