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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Play a matching game to learn which plants help each other best. |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Coppice nutrient-givers (nitrogen-fixers and dynamic accumulators) and use as a mulch on the rest of the garden (e.g. comfrey). |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Celebrate the harvests from growing plants in polycultures, and compare with those from a monoculture. |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Hear a story about companion planting with plants giving nutrients to other plants. |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Find out why some plants have nitrogen fixing nodules. |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Discuss why some people grow diverse plants together (in polycultures). |
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Preparing food |
Helping to prepare food and eating together |
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Notice the smells of different herbs, fruits and vegetables when they are raw and when they are cooked. |
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Preparing food |
Helping to prepare food and eating together |
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Watch adults preparing food, and participate as appropriate. |
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Preparing food |
Helping to prepare food and eating together |
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Eat together with other people by each person/group bringing something for the table and sharing the food. |
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Preparing food |
Helping to prepare food and eating together |
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Make a fruit salad and other simple recipes. |
