2014 Lettuce Harvest Bounty

 LETTUCE is coming out of our ears!!  Almost 70 pounds of lettuce was harvested by our students in very cold conditions.  They were very dedicated to getting it to the plate before we lost the crop to freezing temps.  We ate about half at the luncheon and brought the rest to the Rising Hope Shelter on Rt 1.  http://www.risinghopeumc.org/ministry2.php

Click on the link to view totals for our harvest by grade level.  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xVI8pmqF-PCzIqIlyyvHwCv2nBkr9pVeNBr9pW_I2yM/edit?usp=sharing
Feel free to pull these numbers out for some real world math problem solving :))

Thanks for all your cooperation and support with scheduling and harvesting on those coldest days of the year -so far!
THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED ON LUNCHEON DAY!  WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU :))

Lettuce Harvest Time!

I know- I know!  Polar Air Mass is coming so let's get the kids outside to freeze their fingers off while harvesting lettuce!!  It's character building :)

Refer to the calendar on the right to see when your student's
class is harvesting!  Dress them warm that day!

Also, you are welcome to come and lend an extra set of hands for harvesting and/or washing lettuce!
You may sign in at the front office for garden duty and then meet us in the working garden if you would like to harvest.

We will be in the cafeteria kitchen every day at ~2:30 until dismissal washing lettuce in the big sinks.  Join us when you can!

I got some great Fall plant care advice from my friends at the HollinHills Garden Club.

I definitely have run into problems bringing in plants from my porch that have been out all summer.  I used this concoction last week and brought plants in.  They are looking good and I haven't had an outbreak of any spiders in the house!

HOMEMADE INSECTICIDAL SOAP

Houseplants that spent the summer outside should come inside now (if they have not already been brought in ).  Before you bring them in, it's a good idea to inspect them for diseases and pests.  This inexpensive, homemade recipe will help prevent many plant pests, such as scale, from spreading in the more crowded space inside your home. If you use it inside your house, make sure to protect floors and furniture. The solution will drip off plants.

1 quart water

1 tsp liquid dish detergent (Dawn or generic brand)

3 tbsp isopropyl alcohol 70%

Mix all ingredients in a spray bottle and use as you would a commercial insecticidal soap. 

For scale on houseplants: spray one section of the plant at a time generously, saturating the entire leaf, including the underside. Then carefully wipe each leaf with a moistened cloth to remove the scale and sticky residue. Go leaf by leaf. This can be time consuming, but is the most effective way to use the soap solution. Make sure you get the stem, too, and all the nooks and crannies.