by rhianna | Nov 23, 2020 | Garden Updates, Uncategorized
Look out for the tower in the Tent Plaza!
You may be thinking, what’s the strange white tower with veggies growing on it in the tent plaza?!?
You may have heard of hydroponics but have you heard of Aeroponics? That strange tower is our new Aeroponic system, a plant growing technique in which plants are grown with no soil, they are suspended in Rockwool, whilst water and nutrients are delivered to them inside the tower. Whilst hydroponic plants are suspended in water, aeroponic growing systems are an advanced subcategory of hydroponics, that requires even less water!
These plants grow their roots in a soil alternative called Rockwool. Then, a solution of water and nutrients are pumped to the top of the plant tower and trickled down the inside, evenly spread over the exposed plant roots.
The nutrient solution we add to the tower nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are needed to encourage plant cell tissue development for healthy growth!
What are the benefits?
– It uses less space, grow vegetables in unique spaces!
– It uses less water, conserve this precious resource!
– With no soil, there’s no weeding, pests or contaminated soil!
– Because pesticides usage is not a requirement, harmful chemicals are not widely entering natural ecosystems and our diets!
Look out for the aeroponics, notify Incredible Edibles if you have any questions or want to get involved!
Using doughnuts to make sure no mosquitoes can spawn!
Students in the incredible Edibles team will be measuring and tending to the nutrient and pH levels.
by chris | Sep 28, 2020 | Garden Updates, Uncategorized
You might find this a useful place to find out more about Gardening Edibles in Singapore
by bille76441 | Dec 4, 2019 | Student Experiences, Uncategorized
Incredible Edibles has taught me a lot about how to garden effectively. At home we only have a few plants in pots because we have a small house but my sister primarily takes care of it. However, at school, we have a much larger garden, featuring a variety of different edible herbs. Before I came to Incredible Edibles. I hadn’t done many of the tasks we carry out weekly, including identifying what is and what isn’t a weed, composting, and many more. I have also been trying some of the vegetables that we grow in the garden for example, Cherry tomatoes & Cucamelon). I feel confident that I now know more about gardening and it’s been fun to try new food.
Milind
by alam13859 | Dec 4, 2019 | Student Experiences, Uncategorized
One of the many edibles that we are growing in the garden is the Cucamelon. Cucamelons are like small Watermelons in appearance but on the inside they taste much more like Cucumbers. Cucamelons can be pickled with aromatic spices to give them more flavour. Like most pickle recipes, they take a while to infuse with the vinegar. As the pickling process happens, the Cucamelons get softer and the spices will infuse into the flesh of the Melon to give it that nice tangy taste.
by alam13859 | Dec 4, 2019 | Student Experiences, Uncategorized
In our garden, we are currently growing okra, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, limes, green beans, dill and kang kong. Over the last few weeks, we have been able to add more soil and compost to the beds and we have weeded in addition to planting more edible plants. Furthermore, we have also created some frames for the beans to grow up for.
I have learnt that some people are not disposing of their plastics in the correct place as we found a lot of plastic in the compost which came from the food waste bins. This helped me learn about how every small action counts.
by bille76441 | Dec 4, 2019 | Student Experiences, Uncategorized
In our Incredible Edibles group we successfully grow sweet potatos, tomatos, green beans, dill, kangkong, limes and okra. One of the things we have found challenging is that there are insects eating some of our vegetables.
At the beginning everything was overgrown and very messy, so we have tidied up the cucamelon, and we have moved the dill so that it doesn’t over grow. We have also weeded and planted tomatos which are growing very well. We have also grown okra and sweet potato successfully.
Natasha G6
by alam13859 | Dec 4, 2019 | Student Experiences, Uncategorized
I have learnt how to harvest a lot of things such as Kang kong, tomatoes, okra, limes, green beans and dill. I have also learned how to cook beans because I brought them home and my Mum showed me how to cook them. I have also re-learned how to compost and what weed is and what isn’t. Ultimately, I’ve realized how much fun looking after a garden can be.
by alam13859 | Nov 20, 2019 | Student Experiences, Uncategorized
At the start of the year, I had to hack out a dense pile of vines that had grown up over the summer break. I was using the garden scissors to cut the vines and pull them out for composting. Mr Sparks set us the task of clearing an overgrown bed t. So I started pulling vines out of the bed but we quickly realised that the vines were growing out of the bed itself, o it was challenging to remove them. Once the bed was cleared we were able to plant. In the new bed and we are confident that we will get beautiful Cancun.
by alam13859 | Nov 20, 2019 | Garden Updates, Uncategorized
Potato madness
Recently Wednesday Incredible Edibles team planted sweet potatoes in the garden. Mr Sparks came to the service with two packs of sprouted sweet potatoes and set us the challenge of planting them in one of the beds to see if they would grow. First, we weeded the bed and then we dug some holes in the soil and placed the potatoes neatly under the soil.
This week we came back to check on the beds and we have new potatoes! Hopefully, they will continue to grow
by chris | Sep 1, 2019 | Learn something new!, Uncategorized
With the beginning of the new service season just a week away, it was nice to read this article about ‘The Healing Power of gardens.
Clearly, nature calls to something very deep in us. Biophilia, the love of nature and living things, is an essential part of the human condition. Hortophilia, the desire to interact with, manage, and tend nature, is also deeply instilled in us. The role that nature plays in health and healing becomes even more critical for people working long days in windowless offices, for those living in city neighborhoods without access to green spaces, for children in city schools, or for those in institutional settings such as nursing homes. The effects of nature’s qualities on health are not only spiritual and emotional but physical and neurological. I have no doubt that they reflect deep changes in the brain’s physiology, and perhaps even its structure.
from The Little Gardener by Emily Hughes
