KITCHEN GARDEN PROJECT

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KITCHEN GARDEN PROJECT
DIARY
2008
FOSTER PRIMARY SCHOOL
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2006 KITCHEN

• We used to have an old kitchen which we didnt
  use very much.
• Occasionally kids got to go in with a helper or a
  teacher but it was usually only a couple of times
  a year.

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2006 GARDEN

• We have always had our vegetable garden but it
  wasnt very big or controlled.
• We didnt use the produce very often.

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2007 KITCHEN

• Our kitchen was renovated so we can cook things
  in it.
• Our spare room was made into a dining room.

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2007 KITCHEN
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2007 GARDEN
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2007 GARDEN
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2007 CHOOKS

• Miss Kindellans grade bred some chickens from
  their eggs using an incubator.
• We feed them chook feed, green grass and food
  scraps.
• We made them like people by picking grass and
  poking it through the cage so they could nibble
  on it.

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2008 JANUARY

• We where lucky to have parent helpers to come in
  and water the garden over the summer holidays.
• We started another Kitchen Garden at the end of
  January.
• We also have helpers come in for the kitchen
  program.

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2008 FEBRUARY
In February there is a lot of harvesting to do.
Some of the things we have to harvest is
Tomatoes , Lettuce, Capsicum , Spring , Onions ,
Plums, nectarines , Carrots , Rocket and Herbs.
We also needed to do a lot of watering to keep
the soil moist. We also needed to do a lot of
mulching and composting. We could make a lot of
things because of the huge amount of food we
picked.
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2008 MARCH
We had to harvest and preserve a lot of tomatoes
, gherkins, cucumbers and zucchini. We had to do
a lot of mulching and watering. The fire pit was
finished by then as well. The leaves on the trees
were changing colour as well. We got our knife
licenses in the kitchen.
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2008 APRIL
Autumn started in April so lots of leaves fell
off the trees. There was lots of pruning and
cutting back that we needed to do.
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2008 MAY
We planted broccoli, peas, broad beans, spring
onions, coriander and red spinach. The leaves
were still falling from the trees.
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2008 JUNE
Winter solstice is in June. Winter solstice means
the shortest day of the year. We continued
mulching and making compost.
In June we planted broad beans, peas, sugar peas,
garlic and golden shallots.
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2008 JULY
In July the Almond trees started blossoming. We
also started pruning the fruit trees and planting
some new ones.
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To be Continued

• Because the Kitchen Garden Program is a
  continuous program this diary will need updating.
• Watch out for the next edition..

Produced by Will Chester and Scott Polmear
Grade 3