Growing Healthy Foods
Posted on November 13th, 2012
Gardening is a whole school program which assists in developing knowledge and skills about the different environments and ecosystems. The students enjoy assisting in the planting and nurturing of a range of vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers.
Growing healthy foods is reliant on the composting stage of the recycling process. The stages of growing healthy foods are:-
Stage 1
Prepare the garden beds using the compost from the soldier flies.
Stage 2
Plant seeds or seedlings
Stage 3
Fertilise with worm fluid.
Stage 4
Plants are nurtured and watered.
Stage 5
Vegetables are harvested and used for either cooking or are taken home by students.