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“Look how fat this cucumber is!” “This zucchini is huge!” “The cucumbers have pokey things but the
zucchini are smooth.”
“I like the way the
lettuce edges and colors are all so different.”
Let’s taste test a cucumber to see how good it is right off the vine!”
These are just some of the discoveries a fun group of Junior
Master Gardeners and their family members made on Monday in the garden. We picked lots of cucumbers, zucchini and
lettuce and had fun visiting the shipping area in the RCS building to weigh and
record our harvest. We also found a
great way to re-use shredded paper by placing it around our tomato plants to
hold moisture and choke out weeds. One
of the girls thought it was a fun way to “litter!”
Finally, we spent time finding the male and female flowers
of the squash plants. The male flowers
have a long stem and the female have a short stem with the bulging fruit at the
base. Then we practiced what the bees
and other pollinators do for our gardens and helped spread pollen from male to
female flowers with q-tips!
We liked the
bright yellow color of the pollen. Just
like the sunshine in the sky!
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| Adding up the pounds of veggies picked! |
- Contributed by Washington County Master Gardener Kathy Luoma
