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]]> https://bluestemagrilearning.org/2023/03/24/educational-garden/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:05:20 +0000 https://bsa.contentdeleted.com/?p=164 Our 5,000 square foot garden was designed in conjunction with the horticulture and landscaping instructional program at the Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno. Several ideas for the shape, dimensions, plants, soil and amendments, and seating area were drawn and presented for consideration. The main garden is in the shape of the state of Oklahoma, and includes pollinator plants, herbs, vegetables, and native grasses. With the design and development help of the Canadian County Master Gardeners and funding from the El Reno Public School Foundation, two Native American Spiral Gardens were constructed. Plants in these two structures are those that would have been used for culinary and medicinal purposes in the early days of Fort Reno.

]]> https://bluestemagrilearning.org/2023/03/24/bees/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:51:57 +0000 https://bsa.contentdeleted.com/?p=149 Raising honey bees and harvesting honey is part of the BlueSTEM culture. Currently, we have Langstroth bee boxes each with 5,000+ bees in its hive. During the spring, summer, and early fall there are many pollinator plants in and around the garden which serve as food for the bees to make honey. In seasons where foliage is not growing due to the climate, we make bee food, also known as sugar water, for our hives. When the honey is ready for harvesting and bottling, our students don beekeeper suits and use beekeeping tools to capture the frames of honey and honeycomb. Using a manual honey extractor, also known as a slinger, frames are inserted into the barrel, and centrifugal force slings the honey away from the frame and into the extractor. The honey is filtered several times and then bottled in honey jars. The BlueSTEM bee operation is a teaching tool and hobby which means that 10 – 15 gallons of honey are harvested each year. Larger beekeeping operations can yield more than 25 gallons of honey per hive!

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