Summer Growth
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.
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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.
June Pictures
Planting with students in the garden.
Garden Fresh at JFS!
Harvesting is underway and our volunteers love the hands-on experience.
Elizabeth
Looking for fresh apples? Look no further than Jewish Family Services in Elizabeth!
Interestingly enough, did you ever wonder why apples don’t sink in water?
Apples float in water because 25% of their volume is actually air which makes them less dense than water.
Thank you to everyone involved in helping this garden grow so beautifully.
Elizabeth
Union County Commissioner Sergio Granados toured and participated in prepping and planting at the Eport Community Center in Elizabeth.
The Eport Community Center has also added raised garden beds for a more inclusive garden!
Thank you to everyone who maintains and cares for this beautiful garden.
Elizabeth
Once again, Juan Pablo Duarte School No. 28 have amazed us with their garden.
Not only do they have a variety of vegetables, fruits, and flowers growing, they have also incorporated a story walk.
What is a story walk?
A story walk is a trail with pages from a children’s book displayed for people to read as they walk.
School No.28 has incorporated this idea by placing a story walk along their growing garden!
Thank you to all the staff and students who are involved in maintaining this amazing garden.
Winfield School No.2 is growing their very own cucumbers!
Not only can a single vine produce 25-125 cucumbers, cucumbers were thought to be poisonous when they first originated!
Thank you to all the staff and students who are involved in maintaining this beautiful garden.
Staff and students at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School No.52 in Elizabeth have welcomed us to their garden!
We want to thank all who were part of this but also all who will be maintaining the garden during the summer times so that the kids can see the fruition of their hard work.
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!
