Sunday, June 16, 2013

Making Compost

Pukeko Class has started making compost with the school food scraps. We have a new big compost bin that Carter's Dad put together for us. Thankyou Mr Smith!
We collected fallen leaves and got a bag of sheep manure. We make layers of food scraps, leaves and sheep manure.
We take turns each term at being compost helpers.
We carefully add each layer in the top of the compost bin.
It's a bit like making a cake and adding all the ingredients! It's a good way for us to
help the environment and it will be great to have free compost to put on the school gardens!
This pumpkin grew in the school garden with the help of some compost.
We have picked one and are going to make some delicious pumpkin soup on a Winter day.

3 comments:

  1. Kia ora Pukeko,
    You are doing a wonderful job in the gardens. I will bring some worms from my worm farm at home to help with the breaking down of food waste into great soil for your gardens.
    MrD

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  2. Great work Pukeko! Your garden looks fantastic.

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  3. Good compost and nice gardan you could eat those pumpkins.Aylish

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