How are the Veggies Growing?

Wow the cabbages and broccoli are getting really big. The weather has been warm but wet and veggies love that. The carrots have not done so well but the spring onions are growing well and so are the lettuces. The rain has helped our plants a lot. Now we need lots of warmth from the sun as well.
We are learning about garden creatures at the moment and then moving on to composting in a few weeks. This is a fun inquiry and we really are making a difference with plants!

The Veggie Garden

In the last week of school we finally planted out the boxes. It was such a hot day that some of us sat under the shady tree while we waited for our turn. Firstly we put in the compost with the potting mix and really mixed it together. To keep the plants happy we watered it a little before putting them in. 

In the boxes we made little holes for the roots and carefully placed in the cabbage,lettuce, broccoli, carrot and spring onion seedlings. Then we watered them again very carefully. Now we have to water them regularly and wait for them to grow.

Very exciting!

Shopping for Plants.

The Year 3 and 4 team are growing plants at school to make some soup for the whole team.We have had to learn a lot about how plants grow and what their needs are to survive and are now ready to plant up our boxes. They were made from recycled timber by our caretaker Ted. Thanks Ted.
On Wednesday Mrs Chao took a group of students to buy the plants we needed for our planter boxes. Armed with a list for each class we started at Pak and Save as they have bundles of plants at a good price. Well when we got there we found that the bundles were 2 for $5 so they were a bargain!
Each class decided as a group which vegetables they wanted to grow. Dorrie and William needed peas and cabbages for Room 11. Just to be sure we checked the packet to see if peas grew in autumn and they do !
Room 10 had a big list and Harrison was in charge of it. Room 8 were going to share vegetables from other classes and Louis knew a lot about plants and was very helpful.
Room 11 already had carrots,lettuces, broccoli and strawberry plants. Thank you Jessica for bringing them to school. We found most of what we needed and bought them at the checkout.
Sadly we couldn't find spinach and some of the herbs but we got celery instead. Lots of people probably can give us cuttings of herbs for our garden and that won't cost us anything. Good gardeners share plants with their friends.
It was great that we were able to buy the plants and not spend a lot of money. We spent about $17 for 6 bundles of plants and a packet of peas.
All we need to do now is to plant out the boxes and look after them...