While Mrs Turner has been away, Miss Jones has been looking after the Eco Kids. This week we have been working hard maintaining our garden.
Look at how big our beans have grown!
Friday, 1 August 2014
Monday, 26 May 2014
Week 4
Today we planted French lavender for the bees and tied string around the beans and bamboo to help support the plants as they grow.
Monday, 19 May 2014
Broad Beans Week 3
Today we planted broad beans into the garden. We learnt how to take the beans out of the containers, trim the roots to help with growth and plant correctly. We then put bamboo stakes next to each plant to help it grow nice and strong. To finish off the lesson we feed the worms in the worm farm!
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Dig deep and donate
Come help dig in a native tree or donate a tree to Arahoe School. 19th of June 9am 
Monday, 7 April 2014
Picking apples for the crumble!
Today we picked the last of the orchard's apples (for crumble next week mmmmm yum), filled the bee troughs with water and weeded the garden. We found an enormous perfectly formed carrot when we were weeding - it tasted good. Check it out our famous carrot in the photos below!
We learned that the orchard trees weren't dying - they just lose their leaves in autumn.
We learned that the orchard trees weren't dying - they just lose their leaves in autumn.
Yummy and healthy!
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Treat time
We harvested our one and only pumpkin that survived since it was a baby seed. It was time to cut it up and turn it into pumpkin soup. We were sorry to cut it up, it looked too pretty to eat!!!!
Next week, we are making apply crumble from the apples in the orchard and homemade icecream. It's hard work being an Eco Kid!
Next week, we are making apply crumble from the apples in the orchard and homemade icecream. It's hard work being an Eco Kid!
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Water, water everywhere
Our garden watering system is working again so we have the all clear to plant more seedlings. When your watering system doesn't work, you really notice the weather... and boy has it been dry!
This week we got the garden ready for the new seedlings. Our muscles had a work out pulling out big plants that had past their best. We made some comfrey tea by cutting comfrey leaves and leaving it to compost down to a concentrated liquid. It is a super organic fertiliser for your garden.
In the herb garden, you will now find stevia, a herb that is 300 times sweeter than sugar! Mmm yum.
This week we got the garden ready for the new seedlings. Our muscles had a work out pulling out big plants that had past their best. We made some comfrey tea by cutting comfrey leaves and leaving it to compost down to a concentrated liquid. It is a super organic fertiliser for your garden.
In the herb garden, you will now find stevia, a herb that is 300 times sweeter than sugar! Mmm yum.
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