Spring Break Unplugged: What Even Happened? 🤔

There’s something about this week that felt like a turning point.

Spring showed up in full—cool mornings around the fire and afternoons stretching into the 70s, where layers were shed and we embraced the warmth, a hint of summer just around the corner. The sun lingered a little longer each day, the breeze carried the smell of soil and earth, and the farm itself seemed to wake with us, stretching toward the season ahead.

We filled the days with the kind of work and play that happens naturally when kids are given space and time. There was a rhythm to the week that was slow but full, busy yet unhurried, and it let everyone—big and small—settle into the joys of being outside together.

We built bee hotels, carefully filling each one with sticks, straw, and small holes where native bees can nest. The kids arranged the materials thoughtfully, experimenting with different patterns and textures. Each one turned out a little different, reflecting their own style and imagination.

We made Viking chairs—cutting, sanding, and wood burning designs into them, then finishing them with stain. The kids stayed focused on their work, excited to see what they could do.

We cooked together, too—pumpkin soup from pumpkins we grew last year, creamy and fragrant, and omelets made with farm-fresh eggs, simple but nourishing. Some kids chopped carefully, others stirred with enthusiasm, and everyone joined in, tasting and sharing in their own way.

In between, there was time—long stretches of free play where kids invented their own games, chose their own work, and followed what drew them in. Bikes and scooters zoomed around the playground, sandbox creations turned into elaborate stories, and the zip line never seemed to lose its thrill. Games emerged spontaneously, rules were invented, challenged, and changed again. Art showed up everywhere—sketches in the dirt, necklaces threaded from beads, drawings sprawled across the outdoor kitchen patio.

There were no screens, no homework, yet there was so much learning—problem-solving, creativity, cooperation, observation, and hands-on skill-building. A rhythm that doesn’t need a schedule to feel full, one that lets imaginations grow alongside the season.

Kids of all ages—4 to 13—fell into it together, laughing, helping, negotiating, and sometimes quietly observing each other’s work. Old friends and new: Judah and Noah, Sofia, Vera, Amma, Aili and Silas, Kenji and Kiyoshi, Noah, Graham, Zeke, and Krosley. Friendships strengthened, stories were shared, and the farm became a playground, a workshop, and a classroom all at once.

At the same time, we started getting the land ready—digging, raking, marking plots, and thinking ahead. Every small action—planting a seed, watering the soil, arranging sticks in a bee hotel—felt part of the larger flow of life on the farm and beyond.

Nothing about the week was fancy.

But it was full.

Full of work that mattered.
Full of connection.
Full of laughter, curiosity, and quiet reflection.
Full of the kind of moments that are easy to miss if you’re moving too fast, but impossible to forget when you slow down and pay attention.

This is what it looks like when things begin to grow again.
When spring stretches into summer, and the warmth of the sun lingers a little longer on our backs.
When kids learn, create, and thrive in ways that can’t be scheduled.

This is life on the farm in spring—a week spent building, playing, eating, imagining, and simply being outside together. A week well spent.

Thanks to our families who shared their children with us this week—we are honored and grateful.

At Urban Green Harvest, family is at the heart of everything we do. We are a small, family-run city farm and farm school, where we grow, care, teach, and play together. Kids have the chance to explore, learn, and thrive through hands-on experiences, time outdoors, and the rhythms of the season. Through this work, we’re building a close-knit community and creating space for an old-fashioned childhood—one rooted in curiosity, creativity, and time spent outside.

We can’t wait to carry this energy into summer—long, unhurried days full of sun, adventure, and discovery. An old-fashioned summer where kids explore, create, and learn under the open sky, and where every moment outside is its own kind of classroom.

Join us on the farm.
Next Spring Break Session: April 6–10
Spring semester: now through the end of May
Summer sessions: June–August