(…. Well, less of the oats and barley but cassava, beans and bondwe
(pronounced ondwe) doesn’t have quite the same ring to it!)
Yesterday
we harvested the first vegetables from the school garden. We have planted a
school garden before a few years ago but most of the produce got eaten by
people who shouldn’t have been taking it! This year we have a fence around the
school and Grade 2 have been working really hard grow some vegetables. First
they cleared the patch, hoeing and adding manure then they planted the seeds. They
took good care of it watering every day as soon as they got to school, usually without
needing to be reminded. Last week there
was great excitement as the beans had begun to grow over half term and today
some of them were ready to pick.
Over the
next few months I hope to be able to pick a few vegetables every day and the Grade
2 children will get to take turns to take them home. The children chose to plant ocra, eggplant and
green beans then found the bondwe and cassava growing as self sets. Four
children went home today with enough veg for their families. I was very
impressed with their carefulness in only taking what they thought they would
need and not being selfish.