DAY 7: The Cavalry comes
As we said in our last post, our valiant cavalry of five determined students charged to the battle field to defend our crops. Armed with shields of plastic bottles, they bestowed upon each plant a mighty plastic shield. They gathered a many bottles and sliced them in two, with swords of scissors and daggers of pins. To create minuscule green houses.And now our plants thrive and grow with out fearing the fiendish rabbit.

DAY 8: Project germination

In the classroom, our seedlings grew a many, safe in their seedling trays. Leaves burst from their seed cages, held up by limp but stubborn stems and anchored roots. Hazza! Hazza! Our harvests are on their way...

DAY 4: First we sprinkled blood and bone on our gardens.

Now it's time to plant!
We planted

- 5 types of lettuce
- 3 types of cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Radish
- Silver beat
- Peas
- Beans
- Asian greens

- Shallots

- Pak choi

Next we placed snail bait in and around our gardens.

DAY 5: Germinating

As a class we planted marigolds, snow peas and tamarillos so they could germinate and we could take our harvests home! To find out more about tamarillos, try:

http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/tamarillo.html

DAY 6: Carnage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As we merrily walked to our gardens we had no idea of the destruction that lay awaiting...

Our plants lay in defeat with leaves drooped and bitten to death, but a ray of hope in the form of the tops of bottles came to us. Our teacher had an epiphany and realised the humble snail was not our foe but the feendish rabbit that lay in its burrow cackling at our defeat, was our true enemy. Now at this very moment a cavalry has been sent to avenge the plants. They place the top half of clear bottles upon our weak and feeble plants to replinish and give new life to them.

For some different ways to keep away the feendish rabbit have a look at: http://www.ehow.com/how_2058472_keep-rabbits-out-garden.html

Getting started

DAY 1: Planning!

To find out more about this competition, follow this link http://www.nzgrowoff.co.nz/index.php

Our superteam of six highly skilled planters (not) and our fantastical teacher got started. By listing the plants and seeds we had access too. Then we started assigning gardens.

DAY 2: As a Class!

Our six leaders were assigned teams and vegetables that they had to work with. Then we drew a garden log in our book so that everyone knew what progress we were making. Then our teacher took us up to the patches to check it out!

Step 3: Mucking in!

It was time to get started but our gardens where a mess!

So we started by getting all the weeds out of the ground air rated the soil and put on top soil!