Like anything that is placed in the garden, the monkey bars are made and placed for a specific reason. The purpose of the Monkey Bars is to aid or assist the beans to grow up instead of growing on each other. For the structure we made 3 poles holding the roof part of the structure. Then we tied some rope on the poles for more area for the beans to climb upon.
By, Leo Rhee
One notable part of my experience in Incredible Edible this year has been teaching people who are new to the service about things in the garden. This is my second year in this service and my third year in a gardening service. Some of the things I’ve helped teach are; how to trim the plants, how to differentiate between a plant and a weed, etc. The main other differences have been that now I don’t have to do composting because I did it for almost all of last year. The other big difference is that now we have much less garden to tend to because the garden by the maths block has been closed off.
I joined this service this year, and I’ve enjoyed almost everything that I did so far. The thing that I enjoyed the most is planting various plants and vegetables in the garden. During the process of planting, I moved plants that were planted in the small pots to our gardens and replanted them. At first, I was not confident as this was the first time I planted something by myself and worried about harming the roots of the plants. So I asked one of the teachers to teach me how to replant the plants safely. She told me to dig the hole deep enough so that the plants can stay stable. It was not easy for me to plant the crops properly, but once I’ve finished planting the first one, I could easily plant the rest of the plants. It was a good experience as I got to plant the vegetables for the first time and had an opportunity to observe many different plants.
Over the months of gardening (one season), my knowledge and experience of gardening have both grown. From the start, I did not know what to do and had no experience in gardening. I started to learn and concentrate on how to garden correctly, I really enjoyed it. Improving the beds and taking care of the plants gave me a rewarding sense of accomplishment. Felipe, Keira and I planted okra plants that really grew big and tall and fruits started to grow. The other memorable thing that we did was that we drank the butterfly pea tea that was planted that we grew together. Overall incredible Edible has been amazing. Thank you, Mr.Sparks and Mr. Kerridge. – Marc
Over the months of gardening I realized how important it is to have a garden because it provides healthy food in a way that is sustainable. The food is made in our school and is grown with our hands. It also makes us go out more into the sunlight and make something ourselves and it makes us get our hands dirty . Activities like this unite us as a community. – Ines