8 Feb 2024

Daycare Garden

After a fun-filled summer at the Daycare of growing salads and herbs, mulching, watering, and engaging in activities in the veggie patch, it’s that time of year to clean up, mulch, water, and start planning for a winter crop – perhaps some carrots and broccoli.

The activities and hands-on involvement of children is crucial and very satisfying – for them to see that this is where food comes from and not the supermarket – a very valuable lesson or 2 was learned here.

Stay tuned for before and after shots when we get around to doing the cleaning up.

---

Nonno’s garden

Last time I visited, Nonno was busy attaching and joining up bird netting to safeguard the figs in the scorching heat and dry soil. He also covered two water tanks to stop mold growth, and with eleven 250-liter drums and two 1000-liter drums, he has plenty of water to go around so I’m not sure what he plans on doing with all of that.

He also loves this plant he calls the Pope’s B*lls ! 🙂 (see pictures)

He has a buch of cucumbers that he likes to pick when they are slender and sweeter. He also has some pumpkins growing of the garage roof – I really hope he is careful when he decides to pick them at 83 years strong!