Term 3 – It’s a Wrap

We kept at our spring preparation work today, there was lots to do.

We have lots of vege seedlings that Mrs Robertson has helped us plant sprouting in the greenhouse, and they needed watering.

Our straw bales are now well conditioned, so we were able to plant the strawberries and water them in well. Conditioning the bales means starting up the composting process. We have been adding water, blood & bone, lime and organic fertiliser into the bales for a couple of weeks now, to start the insides of the bales decomposing. This gives the roots of our plants a warm and nutrient-rich environment to grow.

Clare helped us dig our mustard crop into the soil in one of the kiwifruit bins. The mustard is a cover crop, which means we have grown it in order to replenish the soil with nutrients. So instead of harvesting a cover crop, we chop the plants up and dig them back into the soil.

Some of us were finishing off painting their signs and others were drilling and bolting theirs together.

We had lettuce to harvest from the wicking beds – we took some home and some to the staff room to share with our teachers.

And with Mrs Robertson’s help the kids had even found time to make thank you cards for Clare and the volunteers :)

It’s been awesome having Mrs Robertson helping us out this term. Thank you, Mrs Robertson, for sharing your time and your knowledge with us.

This was our last session for Term 3. We have a really good team going now, and are really looking forward to growing lots of summer crops in Term 4. Happy holidays, everyone!