Hi Peppers!
It was a chilly day at camp but it warmed up quick!
Today was Bee Day and we had a beekeeper come in to teach us all about bees! He showed us honeycomb, honey, and different types of beekeeping hives.
A Red Pepper looks at a honey comb
During morning chores we collected eggs and got to milk a goat. We always have lots of fun with the animals!
Ms. Mandy helps the Yellow Peppers milk the goat, Jenna
We built our bat houses that we painted yesterday. Everyone got a turn to help put a nail in to make our bat house come together!
Mr. Gary helps hold the bat house for an Orange Pepper to nail on the top
In morning garden kitchen we made tea and sunbutter with crackers. We learned how we can use natural sweeteners like honey and stevia leaves to make our tea sweeter.
A Green Pepper uses the food processor to make sunbutter
We went on a hike in the afternoon, where we talked about colors and how moths camouflage themselves so bats don’t eat them.
An Orange Pepper hides her moth from the “bats” in their color hike game
We made candles using honeycomb wax and tried some honey while we read a bee story. It was about the queen bee and how she starts the colony.
Ms. Mandy reads the Yellow Peppers the bee book
We even talked about wasps! Everyone got to help make wasp’s nests and look at bees and a dragonfly under a microscope.
A Green Pepper makes her wasp’s nest
A Yellow Pepper inspects a dragonfly
In our afternoon garden kitchen, we pretended that the world had no bees to pollinate fruits or vegetables. Ms. Katie taught us that onions and potatoes are just a few things that don’t need bees to pollinate them.
An Orange Pepper chops up her potato for potato pancakes
I had a great day learning about bees with you but I’m even more excited to learn about butterflies. I can’t wait to see you all tomorrow!
Libby the Ladybug
Garden Kitchen Recipes
Homemade Potato Latkes
-2 lbs russet potatoes
-1 medium onion
-1/2 cup scallions
-1 large egg
-Salt / Pepper
-Vegetable Oil
Peel potatoes & put in a bowl of cold water.
Using a grater or food process, coarsely grate the potatoes and onions.
Place mixture in a tea towel and squeeze all liquid out into a bowl.
Pour off the water, leaving only the potato starch at the bottom of the bowl.
Mix the potato and onion with the potato starch.
Add scallions, beaten egg & salt/pepper
Heat griddle and coat with thin film of vegetable oil.
Take 2 tbsp of potato mixture in the palm of your hand and flatten into a pancake.
Place the pancakes on the hot griddle, flatten with a spatula and fry until golden.
Flip pancakes and brown the other side.
Remove pancakes and drain on paper towels.
Ava is LOVING camp this week! Thanks for the posts.