Critters and plants that help
OGC's favorite bug!
What is a ladybug
I have "egg" in my name but I have no shell
What is eggplant
I am small and tart - you can eat me with my peel on!
What is a kumquat!
Watch out, you might slip on my peel!
What is a banana
Purple, sprouting.....
What is broccoli!
If I am cut in half, I turn into two!
What is an earthworm
I'm so hot, people call me a "ghost ___"
What is a pepper!
I'm a favorite of Bugs Bunny
What is a carrot
Mash me up, add some lime and salt, and eat me with chips!
What is an avocado
You'll develop a passion for me if you slurp up my gooey insides.
What is a passionfruit
BZZZZ.....honey is my sweet treat, but without me, many fruits would not exist.
What is a bee
People say I'm the second most eaten vegetable in the world, but Im really a fruit.
What is a tomato!
The sunshine fruit
What is an orange!
You can pick these in the field starting in June and our best local variety is call "hood"
What is a strawberry
Even though I'm a vegetable you can make a tasty pie out of me - also the National Sales item from OGC right now!
What is rhubarb!
These lovely yellow and orange flowers keep the bugs away!
What are marigolds
Dig me up in the Spring or Fall - I can be roasted, fried, or made into soup.
What is a potato!
If vampires had a favorite orange, this would be it.
What is a blood orange
Delicious, nutritious, and packed in the OGC warehouse on the small fruit packing line!
What are blueberries
Im a little white fruit from China and name rhymes with "itchy"
What is a lychee
Hoverflies love to lay eggs on me -- I also make a lovely, refreshing tea and am grown all over eastern Oregon
What is mint!
My name means little tomato but I am not red. I come with my own wrapper...and am delicious in salsa
What is a tomatillo
Fuyu and Hachiya: are shaped like an acorn and about the size of a medium peach - they grow here in the Northwest!
What are persimmons
Eat one a day and keep the doctor away!
What is an apple
Fuzzy on the outside, sweet, juicy and seeded on the inside -- my flesh is green or yellow.
What is a kiwi