First week in June around Campus

Well the end of May has come and gone and we are into June. Lots of exciting things happening around campus for those interested in horticulture. The vegetable garden is coming along and the students on both the organic and conventional teams have been working on their portion of the field. I'll try to post at least one update a week concerning George Thomas' vegetable production course and the progress that the students are making.
I took a few photos around campus. It is a fantastic time of years for not only flowers....
but interesting flower buds. (note the trichomes).
and early fruit formation (from a botanical standpoint).
...great foliage displays
lots of insect activity to...in this case good stuff.

CONTEST: The first student currently enrolled in the Haywood Horticulture Technology program who correctly identifies the four plant species in the images below the vegetable garden picture will win one custom coffee of their choice from the Coffee Cup Cafe. The species names must be e-mailed to me (mtignor@haywood.edu) using correct botanical format including the genus, specific epithet and include a common name. Contest ends June 9th, 2006. If know correct entry is received the prize will be added to the next contest award.

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