When You pull me out of the ground, you are doing a huge favor to the other plants in the garden bed. What am I?
What is Weeds
100
You use me to cultivate the soil, but don’t confuse me with the utensil you use to eat your dinner
What is fork
100
Except for fall, I am almost always green—which helps me make food for the rest of the plant. When you eat salad, you are usually eating me.
What are Leaves
100
I am like the mark your foot leaves in the sand, but I am talking about the impact your food has on the environment.
What is food footprint
100
If you walk on the garden path, I will be under your feet. I am made of old trees. I am called…..
What is mulch
200
This is the whole reason we have a garden. It’s what we do when our fruits and vegetables have grown and are ready to be picked and eaten.
What is Harvesting
200
I am much smaller than a shovel, but I do the same job.
What is trowel
200
I live underground and soak up nutrients and water from the soil. I help keep the plant attached to the soil.
What are roots
200
I am the type of food that has the largest food footprint.
What is meat or beef
200
I come in different shapes, although in this garden and many others, I am often a rectangle. They you might think from my name that I am a nice place to take a nap, I am actually the place where we grow our plants.
What is a garden bed
300
Sometimes we start our plants in pots. When it is warm enough outside and the baby plant is ready to grow in the garden bed, we move it there. This is called…..?
What is Transplanting
300
I can be flat or fan-shaped. People use me to make leaf piles in the fall and I can also be used to smooth out the soil.
What is rake
300
I am the backbone of the plant. I help the plant stand up tall so it can reach toward the sun.
What is a stem
300
I am a strawberry. When you eat me in January, I travel by plane or truck from one of these two states.
What is California or Florida
300
To be safe in the garden, we always carry our tools this way. (Below our waist) 20:
As you process grains, you do this to separate the grain from the chafe. We did this with pillowcases.
What is a thresh
400
We use a tool that looks like a fork to turn the soil to make it soft and ready for planting. This is called…..?
What is cultivating
400
I help you move heavy loads around the garden on my three wheels.
What is wheelbarrow
400
Bees love me. When you eat broccoli, you eat me.
What is a flower
400
In New York state, you can eat me locally almost all year round.
What are onions or Carrots or Turnips or Winter Squash or Cabbage or Potatoes or Apples
400
This is the final step in processing grains. It can be done by machine, by human breath, or simply by the wind.
What is winnowing
500
This is what we do when we plant seeds directly in the soil. HINT: It does not require a needle and thread!
What is sowing
500
I’ve been around for thousands of years, and people still use me to grind things like grain.
What is mortar pestle
500
You plant me underground in the fall. I survive the cold winter, and in the spring, my leaves emerge. I can grow into a flower, like a tulip or a daffodil, or into a vegetable, like an onion or garlic.
What is a bulb
500
There are many reasons to eat foods grown nearby and in season, like the foods we grow in our garden. Name one, two or three of these reasons.
What tastes good, has more nutrients for your body, is better for the earth