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!
Union County Commissioner Sergio Granados attended the Union County Kids Dig In Garden Tour in celebration of Portugal’s Independence Celebration at the Portuguese Instructive Social Club in Elizabeth.
Did you know that this garden is one of the few growing strawberries?
In fact, strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside and the average strawberry has around 200 seeds!
Students grew strawberries in starter pots prior to the installation of raised beds. After the raised beds were installed, we added soil and replanted the strawberries. Other images show the progress of tomatoes, garlic, lettuce, peppers, cucumber, fig tree starters, and herbs such as basil, cilantro, and parsley in other beds. Students learned in groups about starting seeds, the growth process, transportation, maintenance, growth time, planting time, and harvesting crops for consumption.
