Summer is here and so are delicious fresh strawberries.  There are 23 strawberries in a pound. (That’s an average because not all strawberries are the same size.)  Hannah and Eliza picked strawberries.  Hannah picked 12 pounds.  Eliza picked 9 pounds.  How many strawberries did they pick altogether?

They used 16 pounds of strawberries to make jam.  How many berries were left to freeze for later?

At Spiderweb Gardens they planted an acre of corn.  There were 50 rows.  Each row had 108 corn plants in it.  How many corn plants were there altogether?  (Hint: take it slow and use the distributive property, or remember the 50 is 10 five times.)  If each one of those plants grew 6 ears of corn, how many ears of corn would they pick altogether?

On average a cherry tomato has 36 seeds.  Some cherry tomatoes grow in clusters like grapes.  If one cluster had 8 tomatoes, how many seeds would that be altogether?

Happy Growing!  I’ll be at the greenhouse on Friday mid-morning.  Tim, Ben and Stella your broccoli is ready to cut.  All of it is growing well and there is kale to pick.