Did you know that there are hot banana peppers being grown in Elizabeth?
Well we’re here to tell you that they are being grown at none other than Toussaint L-overture- Marquis de Lafayette School No.6!
Fun Fact: Hot banana peppers are also known as Hungarian wax peppers. They are medium hot peppers that are hotter than jalapeños and can have a Scoville scale of 1,000 to 15,000 units. That’s really hot!
Here at School 21 we have been working on our new composter bin! Many families in the area add to the bin to help our progress. Our garden has grown so much and been able to donate over 30lbs of food to our food bank.
Garden at the End of the School Year and Summer School
Students at Joseph Battin #4 Main checked on the garden before the end of the School Year to make sure it was growing well, to water it and to do some weeding. Then, during Summer School, our custodians helped with the irrigation and students were able to see the vegetables growing. Students got to taste some tomatoes and cucumbers.
Union County Commissioner Sergio Granados attended a Union County Kids Dig in School Garden Tour at School 14 in Elizabeth.
Students participated in making their own flavored drinks by adding plants grown in their garden to their lemonade. Some of the plants added were sage and mint!
Everyone should give it a try.
Thank you for having us and maintaining a beautiful garden!
Thomas Edison Career and Technical Annex are on their way to growing tomatoes!
Tomatoes come in different shapes and sizes. But did you know that they can be gold colored? When tomatoes were first introduced to Europe in the 16th century, they were small, golden, and cherry sized. This appearance gave them the name “golden apples”.
Union County Chairwoman Kimberly Palmieri-Mouded was grateful to attend a School Garden Tour at Elmora School No.12 in Elizabeth. Students at School No. 12 have added fun and colorful decorations to their garden as a means of making it pretty but also to keep animals away from eating produce. Thank you to the staff and students who keep this garden looking amazing.
Today we visited and toured none other than Victor Mravlag School No.21’s garden!
Students and staff of School No. 21 in Elizabeth were also recipients of the compost bin raffle earlier this year. Did you know that composting improves soil, reduces chemical fertilizer use, and keeps moisture in the ground? Compost also plays a crucial role in reducing methane emissions from landfills!
Thank you to the staff and students for keeping this garden looking beautiful!
