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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Spot some of the elements in a permaculture garden e.g. mixed species planting, mulched beds, curved paths, water storage, companion planting. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Forage for wild plants we can eat in the local area. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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See how mushrooms grow on logs. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Observe how a garden inspired by permaculture is different from other styles of gardening. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Observe and identify different types of seeds. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Spot local plants which are poisonous, harmful and/or edible. This can turn into a (hand) game 'Everyone run and stand next to a poisonous plant' or 'Everyone touch an oak tree'. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Observe how different types of plants grow well in different places depending on the available sun, space, water, heat, nutrients etc. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Play games with sorting, grouping or matching seeds, fruits, nuts or vegetables by sizes, colours and shapes. |
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Growing food |
Caring for soil |
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Research why people dig, what the effects of digging are and how we can reduce digging by using different plants, not stepping on soil, mulching etc. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Smell, touch and taste different varieties of vegetables and fruits grown in the garden as well as wild edibles. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Observe the process of growth of an annual plant from sowing a seed to growing, flowering, fruiting and seeding. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Touch and compare different seeds, e.g. the seeds of sunflowers, beans, wheat, poppy, apricots. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Help to grow food plants in a garden and care for them by watering, mulching etc. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Collect seeds from different plants. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Harvest food from the garden. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Use tools safely that are age appropriate e.g. trowels. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Sprout seeds and eat them. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Say the names of different plants growing in the garden which you can eat. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Find out where food comes from e.g. milk from cows, apples from a tree. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Compare sizes of vegetables or fruits as they grow. |