by chris | Aug 19, 2019 | Garden Updates, Uncategorized
As we look forward to a new year in the gardens, here is a photo of some lovely tomatoes that are ripening well in the dry spell, and also a link to an article highlighting why gardens are so important in schools. As the article says, “Young people are so rarely spotted in gardens across Britain nowadays that the Royal Horticultural Society is warning that the country is facing a green skills crisis unless more learn to garden.”
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Stay posted for the new season’s progress coming soon!
by eal | Jun 4, 2019 | Garden Updates, Projects, Uncategorized
Check out our herb towers. Finally ready (its taken a while) – complete with herbs from our own garden, cuttings of dill and a few extras.
Herbs included are: pandan; chillis; basil; dill; coriander; rosemary and laksa
The towers will be on display in the G5 expo
by chris | Apr 30, 2019 | Garden Updates, Uncategorized
Hi there from the Incredible Edibles (Monday team). We are located on the rooftop garden next to the 2nd floor of the Heritage Cafe. In the gardens, we grow Lettuce, Tomatoes, Dill, Turmeric, Black Beans and even Cucamelons! Cucamelons are small watermelons the size of grapes and taste like cucumbers with a tinge of sourness. (another blog post will tell you more about these!)
Most weeks, we weed most of the beds (big pots) and fill any beds which need to be filled with dirt and/or compost. In addition, occasionally we need to put new seeds in because we have new beds, the previous seeds don’t grow or we just have space!
We work very hard every day to keep our garden buzzing and we will replace all the old things with new things and we always have the right resources to plant many amazing foods which may sometimes have grown so well that it could be sold in the supermarket.
In gardening there are always ups and downs and sometimes we may feel happy for ourselves that we grew a seed and it was successful and some days we may be disappointed with ourselves that it didn’t work out as we thought it would. Although one thing everyone should have while gardening is resilience. Resilience is a very important virtue in gardening as gardening is not as easy as it looks.
In conclusion, the Incredible Edibles are a reliable team of workers and gardeners who help to contribute to a more sustainable future one step at a time.
by eal | Apr 9, 2019 | Garden Updates, It's Edible!, Uncategorized
In our last Wednesday session for Incredible Edibles we celebrated by harvesting our pineapple and eating it together. It was absolutely delicious and tasted all the sweeter for having been grown by us!
We also had a reflection session in which we each answered the following questions:
- What has been your highlight in Incredible Edibles so far?
- What have you learned?
- What should be a focus for our work next term?
You can see our group reflections in the Reflection video
by eal | Mar 22, 2019 | Garden Updates, Uncategorized
This week we mainly worked on our zen garden at the rooftop garden and were split into three separate groups. One group was responsible for gathering sand to put on top of the soil as a base to prepare to apply the special “zen” sand while another group were working on both watering and weeding the rooftop and the lower gardens as usual.
The main group worked on the zen garden by adding swirls and designs to the sand as well as creating patterns with rocks until we unfortunately discovered that the pandan plants that were planted last week had died due to the watering system malfunctioning so the decorative plants may be put on hold until we find a solution to the issue.
by Ethan
by chris | Mar 18, 2019 | Garden Updates, Uncategorized
The Monday team have been working at the rooftop garden for nearly a term! Despite only working once a week, we have actually made quite a lot of progress.
Of course, we did quite a lot of watering and weeding. We tended to these two things every session, and even got all the old beds with only weeds growing in them clean.
One of the very important things we did with these cleaned beds was preparing them for new plants. Working in teams, one weeding the beds and another transporting soil, compost, and mulch from the other side of the school using wheelbarrows and pots to be laid out in the beds, we made them looking good and ready for new plant life again.
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Using the new beds, we experimented with planting eggplant and chilies. Unfortunately, after two and three weeks of allowing them to take root, we haven’t seen a bud sprouting, which meant that the seeds failed to grow. This might’ve been caused by overwatering after the planting – learning from the mistake we’re sure to never overwater again.
After the eggplant and chilies, we planted leek and bok choy in the new bed. Hopefully they will sprout and grow, and give us a bountiful harvest!
(Boyi Li)
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