Strawberries

Strawberry Harvest

The spring has brought an abundance of new crops for harvesting on the RHS farm.  A popular favorite, the strawberry, has begun to pop up all around the farm. Sustainable agricultural students have been pleasantly surprised by the numbers, and have enjoyed harvesting the sweet juicy fruit. Our last farmer's market had a small section of strawberries, but be prepared as I predict there will be lots more strawberries for sale at our upcoming markets. The pictures below show only a small selection of the strawberries we have growing on our farm!

A student in the 6th period Sustainable Agriculture Class, Jeremy, went above and beyond, taking a large harvest home over spring break to make strawberry jam. Jeremy brought the jam into class, and everyone was able to try some of the delicious jam. Some lucky students were able to bring a jar home to share. Everyone loved the jam and it was devoured within seconds. Some students were so impressed by the taste and quality of the jam, they asked for the recipe. Jeremy explained it was quite simple, especially if you don’t decide to can your jam. (canning allows you to store your jam so it will last for weeks rather than days). Jeremy's recipe was simply to add strawberries, sugar, lemon juice and pectin together to create a delicious treat to share.

-Katie Ogden

Market Friday!

Another successful market! With summer coming around the corner the farm is firing at all cylinders. We had great yields of tasty strawberries, kale, and onions which sold like wildfire. Overall the sustainable agriculture class netted $260 which we plan to use for improving structures on the farm, getting more tools, and much much more. A crucial part of our success was the many signs and announcements posted to the students so they could find the market.To prep for the market the sustag class harvested, washed, and packaged all the produce prior to setting it up for the market .Although a majority of sales came from teachers, another main contributor was parents picking up students. This may lead to another location for a market, in the back lot, where parents gather to pick up their children after school. An important part of our class is to encourage sustainable practices and in selling seedlings and starts to the community we are growing the community's sustainability.

Tom Mason