Monday 25th November F - Yr 4

Today James from the Victorian Schools Garden Program came to teach us about the Kitchen to Garden program. This program helps us be more sustainable by using our scarps and not sending them straight to landfill.

He taught us how to use vegetable and fruit scraps to grow new plants. We planted pumpkin seeds, cherry pips, banana seeds and sprouting onions in containers full of dirt. We put carrot tops and spring onions into a dish of water so we can watch them grow and when they grow we will plant them. We cut a potato into 6 pieces making sure we included at least 1 eye on each piece. We need to wait for the potato pieces to dry before we plant them in the garden. We peeled the outside off of an avocado stone and wrapped it in a piece of paper towel and then put it in a plastic bag. When it starts to sprout we will plant it.  

It was very interesting and fun to watch. We can’t wait to watch them grow. Thank you Mrs Renehan for entering us in the competition and organising this incursion after our school won.

Written by Foundation FMH