August

SNOW PEAS

We chose snow peas because there were different ways that the snow peas fascinated us.

.We ate snow peas because they were ripe, sweet and delicious.

. We also chose snow peas because the snow peas taught us an interesting fact, the fact was that when the snow peas dry up, the next season new snow peas will grow from that dryed one.

.We also learnt that you could eat snow peas when they are raw.

Timothy and Cass

Planting the Mint We started planting mint from one big pot in mini plant pots. We started with a big pot of mint and divided it into small plants and put them into individual pots. We used dirt from the garden beds and also put in some worms.

By Natasha and Teresa

Worms

We all put worms in the soil when we planted the mint. We touched the worms and they felt mushy. Worms are good for compost and the droppings are good for your plants. They help your plants grow.

Richard and James

23rd August - building habitats

After all our sorting of the log pile a few weeks back, it was time to create some new habitats for the garden's wildlife. We talked about shade, water, shelter and little hidey-holes for tiny creatures.

We all collaborated together to make a birds nest from scratch. We bunched up some dry twigs and tied it together. We tested if it was strong by putting a rock inside. We put it in the branch of the tree.

Elicia, Frederick and Lam

We made a lizard habitat out of cardboard and sticks. We also used some water and put some stones at the bottom. Allegra made a wet bed for the little bugs and lizards to use for hiding, cooling down and protecting themselves. We rolled up pieces of cardboard to make little homes.

Elicia, Anhduy, Thomas and Allegra

16th August - propagating figs

On the walk to the farm we talked about the chickens we'll have in the garden one day and how we will need a rooster and hens to get little chicks. This led perfectly into the theme for the day - plant reproduction and how we create new plants. We looked at the flowers on the rocket plants and talked about bees and pollination and then we planted some fig cuttings.

9th August - digging in the woodpile

Today we began sorting a big pile of sticks and branches and exploring the wildlife that lives there. We saw slaters, worms, centipedes and even a red back spider - don't touch!

2nd August - my favourite part of the garden

We are working on expanding the bush zone under the big gum tree by digging out a big strip of kikuyu grass.

The first thing we did was get a fork - there was only four and there were 7 people. 3 of them got mini forks but they didn't care, the rest of them got HUGE forks. We stab the forks into the grass and took out the weeds.

When we were digging we found a long root, we kept digging and digging. The ground was tough, it felt like the roots were holding the the giant fork. The giant fork broke..we were like: oh my god! We thought we felt gold in the ground but i think it’s just stone.

Patrick and Timothy

I picked the tree because it looks beautiful, you can see the birds flying through it. With most trees you can’t see birds fly because the leaves are in the way.

Deeksha

I picked the worm farm because I love how they eat and digest their food and how they dig in the dirt. I like how they feel when they move on your skin.

Milee