Fruit or Veggie - What is...?

Our gardens needed a lot of weeding today, and this is not our young gardeners' favorite task! We measured 1.6 inches in the rain gauge, so we didn't need to water today. Miss Chris showed the gardeners a pollinator and got a good picture of it.



We harvested okra and pattypan squash today. Here is Ethan's pattypan squash before he picked it, and Trevor showing off freshly harvested okra.

Miss Chris taught the class the difference between a fruit and a vegetable. A fruit is a special container of seeds, the fleshy part of an ovary formed from a pollinated flower. A vegetable is a growth or part of a plant such as a stem, root, leave or petiole. Lots of foods we think of as vegetables are botanically really fruit, like tomatoes, cucumbers and squash! The youngsters snacked on lots of fruits and vegetables while they learned about them.

The take away lessons for today - pay attention to what you eat, and try a new fruit or vegetable!