
What a great session we had with Mr Hills room 11 class! We managed to get the garden beds we planted up with room 12 all weeded, as well as weed, feed and plant up 2 more large beds with lovely season vegetable seedlings that we supplied to us by the awesome team at Awapuni Nurseries. We made sure that the bigger vegetables – cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli – all had enough space to grow nice and big, and we planted the faster growing vegetables – radish, lettuce, bok choy – in between them, as these will be picked first. The gardens were very dry so we spent a long time watering them well. We looked at how to check if the garden was watered enough by digging a small hole to see if the water had seeped into the soil enough and talked about how often the gardens will need to be checked for weeds and watering to ensure the produce grows well.
The hall was a hive of activity as wonderful yummy recipes were made by the the amazing room 11 chefs. Chopping, grating, mixing, sifting, whisking and washing up – I was so impressed at how everyone worked together to make such a delicious lunch to share. Unfortunately I didn’t get to stay for lunch this time but it was reported to me that the food was outstanding! Ka pai team 🙂
Plant to Plate is coming back to Parkland School on the 7th April and I look forward to seeing how the gardens are growing – I wonder if there will be anything ready to harvest???
Until then, happy gardening everyone! Jacinda