Gardening Basics--See What You Already Know!

Which of the following vegetables is considered to be a flower?

Choose 1

• broccoli

• carrot

• radish

• kale

Complete the sentence

It gives you a sense of __________ to grow and harvest your home-grown vegetables.

• frustration

• boredom

• fear or stress

• poetry

• pride or satisfaction

In this part of NYS, spinach should be planted by early to mid-spring because spinach prefers a _______ growing environment. Once it gets to hot, spinach will "bolt" which means flower and go to seed.

• winter (December, January, February)

• mid-summer (July, August)

• mid-spring (late April through May is ideal)

• After the first killing frost (mid October)

Strawberries prefer soil that is acidic.

• True

• False

Whether you chose to design a garden for Jade, or create a "Map of Intersectionality," if you could really plant your OWN garden, which veggies would you choose?

Group of plants that grows for one year or season? In other words, these would not survive a winter.

• Perennials

• Deciduous trees

• Annuals

• Jolly Ranchers

Group of plants that come back each year, lasting for multiple years

• Annuals

• Perennials

• Semi-Annuals

• Indeterminate

Which three of these are in the Brassica family ? Choose three!

• Cabbage

• Spinach

• Kale

• Broccoli

If you are designing a garden for Jade in "Piecing Me Together," what are the FIRST things you should do? Choose three.

• Brainstorm which veggies, fruits, flowers, and herbs to grow

• Consider the climate and how many square feet of garden space you have to work with.

• Look carefully at the names of the varieties of each vegetable, fruit, flower, or herb

• Write a statement about your concept for the design you created.

Which of the following vegetables is considered to be fruits? Choose two!

• squash

• carrot

• onion

• tomato