Jeff Eller

I love learning and enjoy my role as a husband and father. My passion is turning learning into an adventure and being tuned on to the needs and processes of learning that students partake in. My goal is to make the adage "if you teach a man to fish he will never starve" to heart and make learning a process that really makes life livable. My final goal is to do as Colossians 3:23 says and to do all I do heartily as for the Lord.

I really enjoy running, cycling, canoeing, and backpacking. As a family we really like being outdoors and camping. It is so much fun being outdoors and making learning part of that adventure.

Permaculture Mindset :: Poverty Mindset

Published by on February 16, 2019 | Leave a response

What if the permaculture mindset in a school garden as a practice shared the effect between annuals and perennials?  Yes, a food forest will take a while, but the process and conversation can be ongoing.  The propagation of seedlings, the presence of a greenhouse, sharing of the learning and crossing casual and formal language codes, […]

House For Sale

Published by on February 13, 2019 | Leave a response

After preparing a Sensory Walk for students to grow, explore, and play, the time has come to move on. FYI: We’ve had 2 different students try to pick up rocks from the sensory walk in the SAIL. At this time, we need the sensory walk items to be removed as there is a concern for […]

Big Day for the Microbes

Published by on September 4, 2018 | Leave a response

Fellow microbial advocates of the Spring Hill Garden: It is a big day for the microbes. The compost area has moved and we are now FCBOE compliment. Thanks is what this means for you … we need your compost. Check this video out to learn more and then check out the work the students did […]

The Pollinator Garden Gets a New Home

Published by on May 23, 2018 | Leave a response
The Pollinator Garden Gets a New Home

Last school year, about this same time, the 4-H Youth Development team with the help of Fayette Master Gardener volunteers planted a pollinator garden at Spring Hill Elementary School.  We experienced a significant deficit in water availability so we proceeded to move the garden closer to the school and to the potential that a rain […]