tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53755968997866876202011-07-30T09:14:37.928-07:00Olivernoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375596899786687620.post-8904877656829045082010-06-28T11:24:00.000-07:002010-06-28T11:45:29.958-07:00Today we harvested our first vegetables and fruit. Potatoes, cabbage, lettuce and beetroot.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/TCjtEGAzYkI/AAAAAAAAAWI/qT-xeu_DtfU/s1600/P6280180.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487896800540189250" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/TCjtEGAzYkI/AAAAAAAAAWI/qT-xeu_DtfU/s320/P6280180.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/TCjs9VqYZBI/AAAAAAAAAWA/pWH18zVii4U/s1600/P6280179.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487896684482028562" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/TCjs9VqYZBI/AAAAAAAAAWA/pWH18zVii4U/s320/P6280179.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/TCjszp__n1I/AAAAAAAAAV4/_jp9ZSH6soE/s1600/P6280178.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487896518142697298" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/TCjszp__n1I/AAAAAAAAAV4/_jp9ZSH6soE/s320/P6280178.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/TCjssFnRO8I/AAAAAAAAAVw/gtCpmwjrKQY/s1600/P6280177.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487896388116233154" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/TCjssFnRO8I/AAAAAAAAAVw/gtCpmwjrKQY/s320/P6280177.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/TCjslQ85ajI/AAAAAAAAAVo/QbJNwsHcDdU/s1600/P6280176.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487896270900652594" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/TCjslQ85ajI/AAAAAAAAAVo/QbJNwsHcDdU/s320/P6280176.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/TCjpf1OkgyI/AAAAAAAAAVg/3oRR6XVJs4s/s1600/P6280175.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5375596899786687620-890487765682904508?l=organicgarden2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Olivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375596899786687620.post-52429628333243209972010-02-28T04:33:00.000-08:002010-02-28T05:21:55.648-08:00Spring is here and it is time to get the beds ready for planting. Today we spread one tonne of topsoil on the beds. No mean task!<br /><br />Many hands make light work!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/S4prVhsLgrI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/20fXW4KJgLE/s1600-h/P2120053.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443281117195764402" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/S4prVhsLgrI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/20fXW4KJgLE/s320/P2120053.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wheeling a wheelbarrow is not as easy at it looks!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/S4prVUcUCsI/AAAAAAAAAKI/6ILIWH3-Njw/s1600-h/P2120051.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443281113639553730" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/S4prVUcUCsI/AAAAAAAAAKI/6ILIWH3-Njw/s320/P2120051.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/S4prVFmYSAI/AAAAAAAAAKA/TO1016j_Rq0/s1600-h/P2120052.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443281109655242754" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/S4prVFmYSAI/AAAAAAAAAKA/TO1016j_Rq0/s320/P2120052.JPG" /></a> </div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /><br /> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/S4prU5bazZI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/pv-Djo4ZImA/s1600-h/P2120056.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443281106388045202" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/S4prU5bazZI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/pv-Djo4ZImA/s320/P2120056.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/S4pmpCzTdmI/AAAAAAAAAJo/XkFlpWbsRzY/s1600-h/P2120052.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/S4pmPNBFQDI/AAAAAAAAAJg/IVi8ZJLnoFo/s1600-h/P2120051.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/S4pjtX-LFVI/AAAAAAAAAJY/-YNpJ7gmfFg/s1600-h/P2120050.JPG"></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5375596899786687620-5242962833324320997?l=organicgarden2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Olivernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375596899786687620.post-31055021605800753662009-10-23T16:08:00.000-07:002009-10-23T16:31:44.305-07:00Its coming up to Hallowe'en so we decided to harvest our pumpkins. Here is a photo of our crop. A bit small but at least they're the right shape! Not bad for a first attempt. Next year we'll try planting them in a manure rich soil and hopefully we'll have HUGE pumpkins.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/SuI5Ec9RpdI/AAAAAAAAADs/sKUfLL8t9Jc/s1600-h/PA220053.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395938052198737362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/SuI5Ec9RpdI/AAAAAAAAADs/sKUfLL8t9Jc/s320/PA220053.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />After a great burst of work by all the class we managed to take up all the weeds. We are ready now to top up our beds with topsoil and dig in some manure to get ready for Spring.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/SuI5EYfcTsI/AAAAAAAAADk/dfaqNOjQJnQ/s1600-h/PA230075.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395938050999865026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/SuI5EYfcTsI/AAAAAAAAADk/dfaqNOjQJnQ/s320/PA230075.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br />In the right hand corner you can see our soft fruit bushes. These are blackcurrant, redcurrant, raspberry and strawberries, these are the only plants we are keeping over the years (perennial).<br /></div><div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/SuI5EFE93RI/AAAAAAAAADc/90gT6-1_uDc/s1600-h/PA230074.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395938045788544274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/SuI5EFE93RI/AAAAAAAAADc/90gT6-1_uDc/s320/PA230074.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5375596899786687620-3105502160580075366?l=organicgarden2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Olivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375596899786687620.post-28516279081187590092009-10-20T14:34:00.000-07:002009-10-20T14:44:49.236-07:00The top picture is a pumpkin grown in the school garden. The bottom one is a plant taken home by one of our students and planted at home (around the same time as we planted ours at school). These photos were taken in October within a week of each other! Looks like we need more manure in our school garden to feed the pumpkins!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/St4uAZKTnwI/AAAAAAAAAC8/EP_PWZib_Y0/s1600-h/PA120230.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394799987925425922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 303px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 223px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/St4uAZKTnwI/AAAAAAAAAC8/EP_PWZib_Y0/s320/PA120230.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/St4t_91j-HI/AAAAAAAAAC0/n3RQpqODGbU/s1600-h/DSCN0177.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394799980590659698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 327px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/St4t_91j-HI/AAAAAAAAAC0/n3RQpqODGbU/s320/DSCN0177.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div> </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5375596899786687620-2851627908118759009?l=organicgarden2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Olivernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375596899786687620.post-73044410479943280972009-10-20T14:02:00.000-07:002009-10-20T14:57:48.297-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/St4sUnfKQjI/AAAAAAAAACs/8YnZDQpqB6M/s1600-h/DSCN0179.JPG"></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/St4rIqdALdI/AAAAAAAAACk/ykJ2MFzv5aE/s1600-h/PA120234.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394796831471316434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cuwsQp4y080/St4rIqdALdI/AAAAAAAAACk/ykJ2MFzv5aE/s320/PA120234.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here is a photo of the garden on October 12th. We harvested potatoes, carrots, onions, lettuce, beetroot and lots more during the Summer of 2009. Now we are ready to prepare the beds for next years planting.<br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5375596899786687620-7304441047994328097?l=organicgarden2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Olivernoreply@blogger.com0