I use to think plants produced the same amount of food each season
Now I think that plants produce food at different rates each season

I use to think men chickens were chickens
Now I think men chickens are roosters

I use to think the dirt, water and sun were the only things that help plants
Now I think that manure, shells, bottles and many more things help grow and protect plants

I use to think that plants were just placed together for no reason at all
Now I think that plants are placed together because they can use each other to grow stronger

I use to think farmers had a LOT of land
Now I think that all farmers only had a 32nd of earth

I use to think that people harvested food at the same times
Now I think that not all plants are ripe at the same time

I use to think we just planted plants at garden
Now I think that we maintain and look after all parts of the garden

Garden

So far at Garden this year, we have been doing different fun jobs to help our garden grow. We have been learning about nurturing and caring for our seedlings and fully grown plants. Learning about this can help us figure out how to keep our plants safe so we have fresh crops to harvest and use in the Kitchen e.g. we use cracked egg shells to stop snails from eating our plants, and we use the whites and the yolk in kitchen. A lot of things we use in the Kitchen are from the garden that we have harvested in previous lessons. We shouldn’t completely rely on foods from markets near us because we are lucky to have such a wonderful garden. We have changed from our younger selves due to garden, as more responsibility has been put on us. In our garden beds, we have been planting seedlings of many different sizes which will eventually grow into strong, vibrant plants. We haven’t been doing this all on our own-we have parents and teachers to help us who are very generous, however, we would extremely appreciate more parents to volunteer!