Thursday 27 December 2012

Speedy Zealandia delivery

 Twas the last week of school
when all through the garden
Warriors were stirring, armed with trowels,
Cabbages, beetroot, carrots and potatoes needed harvesting with care
As our Zealandia prize vegetable seedlings were here!
 The Garden Warrior GIANT cabbages were the first to be harvested...
 ...to change the "coleslaw quarters" over to the Zealandia summer vegetable selection...
 "Quarters" were revitalised with blood and bone and Tui's vegetable mix...
 a wonderful fresh mix of Zealandia green goodness was artfully arranged!
 Our Garden Warriors then moved onto harvesting their carrots...
 and washing and taste testing them!
 Our potatoes were next to go, much fun was had hunting out these golden orbs of treasure!
 These too were subjected to the "Warrior Wash" treatment...
 ...and sorted according to size ready for the pot with lashings of our own fresh mint!
 Hot potato, hot potato...Delicious!
Our day of tasting was rounded off by sampling some of our very own beetroot that our Garden Facilitator had kindly cooked up for us!
What a wonderful harvest, we can't wait to get back in the New Year to see what we can eat!

Monday 3 December 2012

Tumbleweed "Can o Worms" wormfarms touch down

 "Can O Worms, Tumbleweed worm Farms!"
 
Last Friday our worm farm prizes were delivered to school, instructions were read and farms were assembled enthusiastically!
 Our garden Warriors were VERY fascinated by the coconut bricks, and the prospect of these bricks swelling to 5 times their original size ...in a mere 15 minutes of being immersed in water!
 It was also discovered that Tumbleweed worm farm lids make worthy "Captain America" shields!
Our Local kindy has kindly offered some of their worms to help start our farms off. All instructions have been followed and our Garden Warriors have furnished the worm farms with all things befitting wormtopia!
A HUGE THANK YOU to "Can O Worms" & Tumbleweed for these fabulous worm farms, they were just what our Garden Warriors needed to take our Garden into Stage II!
Our Warrior Sweet peas are now in full bloom, and this weeks "Garden Warrior Bouquets" went to Ms Potter of Room 10 for sharing her enthusiasm for composting with her pupils, and Ms Marsh our trusting Principal for letting us have free rein in the old pool area!