36. Planting

Week 2

Planting

I'd planted seeds of brocolli, brussel sprouts and beetroot earlier in August. Some had been eaten by caterpillars and others struggled because it was too hot but by this 2nd class in mid-September, I had enough seedlings for each group to plant with a water system. One group make their own and I'd made a few for the first group. I typed up instructions for each group and went through what to do. There was even a caterpillar on one of the brussel sprouts so I could show them how well they are camouflaged. This produced quite a bit of excitement and jumping around1

The poor seedlings got quite a bit of yanking and I was worried whether they would survive or not. Interestingly, some of the noisier students really focussed well and paid a lot of care and attention to their plants.

Jordi came out of the class at the end of the day beaming. 'I heard a sentence I hardly ever here' he said. When the bell rang, the students had said 'Wow, is it time already!'








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