Jan 24, 2012 1:05 PM
Eagle Scout Evan D.Scheuch built six cold frames at the garden at Tuckahoe School, meaning students and staff can now enjoy garden greens all winter long. COLLEEN REYNOLDS PHOTOS
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Snow flurried across the Tuckahoe School grounds last Thursday, January 19, but lettuce leaves were still sprouting in the school’s Community Garden, readying themselves to be picked for students’ salads.
The wonder of garden greens being available all winter long is something new for the Community Garden, and it comes courtesy of one Tuckahoe graduate’s Eagle Scout project.
Evan D. Scheuch, 16, a member of Boy Scout Troop 58, built six cold frames to protect the produce in the garden at his elementary school alma mater as his culminating effort in the quest to attain the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest honor in the Boy Scouts of America.
Cold frames are transparent-roofed enclosures, essentially miniature greenhouses, built low to the ground and designed to protect plants from cold weather. The clear, corrugated... more
The wonder of garden greens being available all winter long is something new for the Community Garden, and it comes courtesy of one Tuckahoe graduate’s Eagle Scout project.
Evan D. Scheuch, 16, a member of Boy Scout Troop 58, built six cold frames to protect the produce in the garden at his elementary school alma mater as his culminating effort in the quest to attain the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest honor in the Boy Scouts of America.
Cold frames are transparent-roofed enclosures, essentially miniature greenhouses, built low to the ground and designed to protect plants from cold weather. The clear, corrugated... more
