For TROOP 766 SCOUTS ONLY! We will be having a GARDENING MERIT BADGE
AT URBAN FARM 437 G AVE NW on June 17th from 4:00-8:00pm.Details: 1)
Wear your Class Bs.2) Print the MB worksheet
out http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/worksheets/Gardening.pdf3)
[http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/worksheets/Gardening.pdf3)] Bring a
lawn chair, water bottle, and snack.4) Prerequisites are #3 and
#6 (see below for details).5) Scouts will be planting seeds for #2,
#4, and building #8b at the workshop. Scouts will earn the MB a
minimum of 90 days after the workshop.6) Cost is $25.00 for needed
supplies. Contact Amanda Speidel (amanda.speidel@gmail.com) for
questions. Gardening Requirements: Do the following:a. Explain to your
counselor the most likely hazards associated with gardening and what
you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, and respond to
these hazards.b. Discuss the prevention of and treatment for health
concerns that could occur while gardening, including cuts, scratches,
puncture wounds, insect bites, anaphylactic shock, heat reactions, and
reactions from exposure to pesticides and fertilizers. Do the
following, and discuss your observations throughout the process with
your counselor:a. Grow six vegetables, three from seeds and three from
seedlings, through harvest.b. Grow six flowers, three from seeds and
three from seedlings, through flowering. Give the nutritional value of
the following:a. Three root or tuber crops.b. Three vegetables that
bear above the ground.c. Three fruits. Test 100 seeds for germination.
Determine the percentage of seeds that germinate. Explain why you
think some did not germinate. Visit your county extension agent’s
office, local university agricultural college, nursery, or a botanical
garden or arboretum. Report on what you learned. Explain to your
counselor how and why honeybees are used in pollinating food crops and
the problems that face the bee population today. Discuss what the
impact to humanity would be if there were no pollinators. Identify
five garden pests (insects, diseased plants). Recommend two solutions
for each pest. At least one of the two solutions must be an organic
method. Do ONE of the following and record weekly observations.
Discuss the results of your project with your counselor:a. Build a
compost bin and maintain it for 90 days.b. Build a vermipost bin (worm
compost bin) and maintain it for 90 days.c. Build a hydroponic garden
containing three vegetables or herbs, or three ornamental plants.
Maintain this garden through harvest or flowering, or for 90 days.d.
Build one water garden, either in a container (at least 12 by 6 inches
and 6 inches deep), or in the ground as a small, decorative pond no
larger than 6 by 3 feet and 24 inches deep. Maintain the water garden
for 90 days.e. Prepare a honey super for use on a hive or colony.
Remove a filled honey super from the hive or colony and prepare the
honey for sale.
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