Having fun in the kitchen garden.

Posted on August 5, 2013 by kgblog

Garden: In garden lessons there are 4 groups. I am in group 4. What we did was first cut 8 garlic cloves all together, than we cut 16 chillies. After we all cut them we put them in a cup and added boiling hot water and detergent. Once we had mixed it together we sprayed it on some plants. It was windy so half the spray went in our eyes. After we sprayed it we helped another group to get worm tea, which is worm pish. The lesson was nearly finished but before the bell went we talked about what we had done during that lesson.

Kitchen: In kitchen there are 5 groups I’m in group 2 we made silver beet and cheese triangle pastries. The ingredients that we used to make it were silver beet and cheese mixed together, pastry butter and egg. Then we put the silver beet and cheese mixture in it and then we folded it in the shape of a triangle. After that we put egg on top of it. I didn’t like the mixture so I made one with just pastry. After it was all cooked we sat down and ate everything. It is an amazing program.

Toby L

chooks and beans

Posted on July 31, 2013 by kgblog

Today we had an exciting time in the garden. The weather was bright, sunny but a little bit chilly.All the groups had different activities. Our group had two activities. The first was to feed the chooks, collect the eggs and fill the water can in the chook’s pen.

The next activity was to tie strings to the bean and attach it to the teepee. This will help the beans grow.The bean plant was flowering.

One of our questions was- “How come the Brussel sprouts that we used yesterday in the kitchen were very small and the leaves were kind of open?”

4A Garden Experience

Posted on July 19, 2013 by kgblog

In the garden, on Wednesday we were the first class to dig up potatoes!!!! We didn’t know if we had any…..but there were 3 big ones! It was exciting. The skin was really good in colour and the potatoes had grown really well, I hope we find more.

Group four made organic pesticide, which is used to keep pests away. You need- 10 Chillies, 4 cloves of Garlic, 4 teaspoons of detergent and 1 litre of boiling water.

Method-

Finley chop the Garlic and the Chillies.

Add 2 teaspoons of detergent and 1L of boiling water.

Mix well and then pour in a jug.

Leave for 24 hours then strain and spray on plants.

We noticed garden bed 6 was really dry so we spread cow manure over it.

In the garden group 3 we planted Coriander. We were digging up the weeds but instead we found five gigantic Tunips!!! Then we planted the Coriander. We made a big teepee, with sticks for the Snowpeas to grow around. Hopefully the Coriander will grow, and our Snowpeas will be a success and yummy!!!!

Group 2 fed the chooks, cleared the egg shells and gave the chooks there scraps from the kitchen. We pulled out the old basil plants and put it in the chooks house. Using shovels we turned the soil upside down and made it flat ready for the next plants.

Group 1 started by pulling out some weeds then we squashed flowers and left them on the garden bed because it is good for the soil. We also put the mulch over the flowers. By doing this we have put nutrients in the garden to make the plants grow healthy.

Volunteer Thank You Afternoon Tea

Posted on June 25, 2013 by hartj

The Year 4 and 5 students grew delicious vegetables and made yummy delights. Their efforts saw them produce delectable items such as beetroot and chocolate muffins, zucchini and chocolate cake along with rocket and chickpea dip to share with the volunteers of the Kitchen Garden Program (KGP) at a special thank you afternoon tea. Without the wonderful volunteers the program could not exist, again we thank you.
If you would like to volunteer please go to the Bilaik website to the “What’s On” tab and then “Bialik College Kitchen Garden” which is a link to the blog where you can sign up to volunteer spot for the KGP.

Fun in the Kitchen Garden 5B

Posted on June 12, 2013 by kgblog

CHICKEN MADNESS

On Friday the 7th of May, we had our first garden lesson with the chickens. Everyone was crowding around them, we all were so excited to meet them. After that, Julie explained what to do in the garden and we loved it. Also, everyone had a turn to go in to the chicken coop. The chickens seemed a little scared as the whole class tried to pick them up. It was fun and a great experience!

CRAZY KITCHEN

Every second Tuesday, we have a spectacular ‘kitchen garden’ lesson. We cook yummy foods. For example, pesto pasta, Pita with dips and julianne carrots, sring onion patties, and beans with fetta. It is a lot of fun, because we get to cook and eat the food, which makes it amazing. Some of the parents come to help us cook in the kitchen. We wonder what we will cook next fortnight.

Sian and Shosti 5B

Kitchen Garden Program

Posted on June 12, 2013 by kgblog

In the garden, the Year 4s and 5s plant and harvest fruits and vegetables. We all can cook the foods in the kitchen and then we eat the food that we cooked. This week we made pasta with pesto, pita crisps with carrot and a dip, we also made spring onion patties. It was delicious.

5B went to the garden when the chooks had arrived. Everyone was excited. We could not wait to go to the pen to meet and see them. We use the eggs that the chooks lay to cook with in the kitchen. The scraps and leftovers go directly to feed the chooks or into the compost, so nothing goes to waste.

By Scarlett and Blake 5B

Chook Chaos

Posted on June 12, 2013 by kgblog

The second our class, 5B, arrived at the Kitchen Garden our whole class ran off to look at the chooks! They finally arrived on Tuesday May the 28th. There are 4 females. The male chook sare called roosters. The female chooks are called hens. There are 4 different garden groups per class and each group got a chance to go inside and look at the chooks. Some of the class fed the chooks roots of plants. The chooks loved the plants. Everybody started to crowd around the chooks pen, the chickens all fought to get the roots! When the chooks lay eggs, we go and collect them to use in the kitchen! You should definitely go and check out the wonderful chooks at Bialik College.

By Ava and Ethan 5B

Kitchen Garden

Posted on June 12, 2013 by kgblog

Kitchen Chaos.

Every 2 weeks on a Tuesday, we have a kitchen lesson. In our groups we cook different foods. After they’re cooked and everything is cleaned, we get to eat all the food. This week, we made Pesto Pasta. We actually made it from dough. Some weeks we make desserts for example, mini cheese cakes. Every week we make healthy foods. This week, we made a delicious bean, fetta and dill dish.

The Chooks Have Finally Arrived at Bialik College

Every 2 weeks on a Friday, we have a garden lesson. In our groups we plant and harvest different fruit and vegetables. We also collect worm tea from the worms. A few groups fed the chooks and one group collected the eggs. All of the chooks were running all over the place. It was so much fun.

by Josh and Toby.L 5B

Cooking With Greens!

Posted on June 7, 2013 by kgblog

On Monday 3^rd of June we had our kitchen class!

The menu was:

Fettuccine pasta which needed to get shredded before we could eat it. We made a basil pesto sauce that went with the pasta it was so delicious!

When we fried the spring onion patties you had to have golden and crispy sides. It was so yummy and CRISPY! We learnt that when you cut spring onions you can’t use the white part and the green ends.

Carrot, pita and a rocket and chickpea dip. The carrots were cut in a julienne style.

We wonder what we will produce in the kitchen next time!

Thank you to the volunteers for coming to the kitchen and helping us make the delicious food!

By Jaime and Jack from 5C