Soup Day!

At last the long awaited soup-making day arrived. Every week our gardeners have been asking if it was time to make the soup, they were so keen not only to taste the fruits of their labours but also to share them with their teachers and friends.

We started by having a look around the garden to see what was ready to harvest. 

The answer was – lots. Broccoli, kale, silverbeet, cauliflower, celery, beetroot leaves… we filled several bowls and still had more left over. And a bonus is that most of these plants will keep growing more leaves and sprouts for us to harvest again in a couple of weeks.

The first thing was to wash all our produce, then cut or break it into small pieces ready for cooking. Clare had bought along an onion but the novelty of cutting that up soon wore off. Then everything went into the pot, along with the vege stock Clare had made and the frozen tomato pulp Alan donated from his last year’s tomato crop.

Phew, it was a tight squeeze in the kitchen and pretty intense work. But an hour and a half later the soup was ready and not only did we get to enjoy it, but our teachers did too. We took a tray of soup cups into the staff room and they were snapped up in moments (Mr Jay even took two cups). It was a real moment of pride for our gardeners.