This is the fun part now the hardest of the work is complete. We are just doing a little weeding here and there and keeping the water up to the plants. Have a look at how well our chickens are producing; we are selling the eggs to families and friends of the school. The tomatoes are climbing quite fast, they need to be tied up regularly and we are feeding the weeds to our happy hens.

We have entered the Junior Landcare’s ‘Pumpkin Challenge’ which is a competition for young people to enter to determine who can grow the biggest pumpkin in Australia.  The seeds were provided for us, they are the Atlantic Giant variety which are orange and grow very large if given the right conditions.  We prepared the soil with plenty of horse manure in a raised garden bed. We will be required to report the growth size of our competition pumpkin on a web site over the coming months.

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