Our tomato crop at the garden is finally ripening! If you are a person who thinks you don’t care for tomatoes, you may want to try one warmed by the sun and picked right off the vine. Sure beats some of those store-bought varieties bred for long shelf-life.
BIG DIFFERENCE!
It’s been a great week so far at the RCS Giving Garden!
The younger Adventure Club kids came out on a picture-perfect Monday to harvest vegetables and learn about honeybees from AJ Moses, our beekeeper and Master Gardener.
Check out this video of our day made by the
Stillwater Area Schools Marketing Director. I promise it will make you smile!
There’s nothing quite like tasting fresh honey off the frame! Delicious! We learned that the cells covered in that waxy honeycomb contain honey but the cells that are open on top only contain nectar and are not honey quite yet.
AJ taught us something interesting about the cucumbers in this photo below. Most likely, the reason the cucumber to the left is shaped like a “C” is due to improper pollination. Flowers like those on cucumbers need to be visited by bees around eight times for proper pollination. Wow! Learn something new every day! If YOU are looking for some sunshine and free garden therapy, please contact us to volunteer at kluoma@scoutsft.com. You’ll get tomatoes, too!
