Some good ol' Kiwi inguinity has helped this group along... With our budget of $0, making do with what we can find is the way to go! With some help from the trusty internet, we realized we needed to support the soon-to-be HUGE bean plants. And maybe one day Jack can climb his bean stalk!

Notice the big "W" in the background? Yeah, the garden could be a bit more 'secure'. Some of our germinating plants did go MIA after being left outside to get some sun :-( Snails, rabbits, thugs... we sure have had our share of problems. But we are yet to be defeated or our spirts crushed!!!

Here's a picture of the class embarking on the 5 minute journey to our 'patch'. It's so great getting some fresh air after sitting in stuffy classrooms all day. Thanks, Tui, for giving us the excuse to get out ;-)

Another Harvest!

We braved the windy gales today (a massive strom brewing over the Tasmin!) to gather more of our yummy lettuces to sell. As you can see, the harvest was plenty! These veggies were sold on to fantastic DHS staff memebers and other students. Judging from the holes in the raddishes and on the leaves of our plants, something else was enjoying our harvest before, too.

We have decided where to donate our earnings... to the quake-sticken science department at Kaiapoi High School. Not only will we give our earnings (which are already up to $30!!!), we will all reach deep into our pockets to see what we can donate ourselves.

So here we are... gathering the bounty and taking care of the weeds (if only these weeds were edible - we'd be rolling in the dough). Can you tell which 2 are the students and which 1 is the teacher???

The cabbages are looking a bit shabby, but that's organic gardening for ya.

Our harvest

Bummer our post didn't post! So we'll just do a repeat...

We came back from our gardens with joy in our hearts! We had a harvest of plenty, of lettuce leaves, mizuna and silver beat. Merrily we sold it for 50cents or more. With money to spare we donated it to the cancer society on daffodil day. Hurrah we cheered, our first harvest complete. Now what awaited us, we were yet to see.

Alex's garden defeated!

After a harvest. In great anticipation we cantered to our gardens only to see Alex's defeat!!! A garden ungerminated, WHAT WILL WE DO? A stroke of genius struck our teacher. "Of course" she cried we shall start them in the classroom then when they're strong, they'll return home in triumph! To create a new harvest...