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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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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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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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See the white balls (nitrogen fixing nodules) on the roots of legumes (e.g. peas or beans). |
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Growing food |
Companion plants and other nutrient givers |
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Decide which companion plants and nutrient-givers (nitrogen fixers and dynamic accumulators) to include in the garden and where, then plant them together (e.g. carrots and onions; maize, beans & squash). |
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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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Preparing food |
Cooking and baking |
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Cut food with a knife safely and independently. |
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Preparing food |
Cooking and baking |
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Learn about different beliefs around food e.g. vegan, vegetarian, halal, kosher. |
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Preparing food |
Cooking and baking |
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Pick food which has little packaging, and recycle all the packaging used, think about it's impact. |
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Preparing food |
Cooking and baking |
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Make a cookbook gathering favorite recipes. |
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Preparing food |
Cooking and baking |
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Follow a recipe to prepare a local dish without ingredients from abroad. |
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Preparing food |
Cooking and baking |
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Find out about the impact of different foods e.g. food miles, industrial production, local economy. |
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Preparing food |
Cooking and baking |
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Bake healthy sweets (without sugar and using vegetables from the garden e.g. beetroot cake) for celebrating events. |
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Preparing food |
Cooking and baking |
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Experience cooking using a direct renewable resources (e.g. solar cooker, open fire). |
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Preparing food |
Cooking and baking |
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Prepare a simple, healthy meal for themselves. |
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Preparing food |
Cooking and baking |
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Clean up after cooking and wash the dishes with minimum impact on nature, use ecological soap and water the garden with the water afterwards. |
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Preparing food |
Cooking and baking |
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Identify different kitchen utensils (e.g. spoons, ladles, scales, frying pans etc) and know how to use and maintain them. |
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Plants and trees |
Creating arts and crafts from natural materials |
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Create a shelter from materials that you can find around you in the forest such as sticks, bark, bracken, leaves. |
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Plants and trees |
Creating arts and crafts from natural materials |
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Weave a basket and use it to collect plants which you forage. |
