Seed Collecting

Today was E3 Friday and the E3 gardeners (a mix of Kindergartners thru 5th graders) harvested seeds from the pollinator garden and the Urganic farm. Seeds from marigolds, black-eyed Susans, purple cone flowers, and a first for GSB, Zinnias were harvested.

The seeds were placed into plastic bags and labeled. The seeds are now inside drying and will be further cleaned in the coming months.

After seed collection, the students played garden Bingo. 5 columns and 4 rows of discovery in and around he gardens. Amazingly a student found a harlequin bug still on the horseradish, even after two pretty good frosts these last two mornings. Little buggers!

It was amazing to see the kids all bundled up with black-eyed Susans, purple cone flower, and marigolds still in bloom (or re-bloom) in the gardens. It is December, right?