WPS Community Children’s Garden
Last week we learnt about grass-like plants that aren’t actually grasses. Although many plants with long strappy leaves look like grasses, many of them aren’t, and this is important to know when weeding.
weeding the parsnip bed
filling the bed with soil
clearing the leek garden
weeding the parsnip bed
filling the bed with soil
clearing the leek garden
Quizz:
Question: Which is not a grass?
A | B | C | D |
Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus) | Leek (Allium ampeloprasum) | Matt Rush (Lomandra filiformis) | Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) |
Answer: The velvety Yorkshire Fog is the only grass.
Leek and chives are related to onions and garlic and Lomandra, Dianella and others are native flowering plants. Just because a plant has long strappy leaves, doesn’t mean it’s a grass or a weed.
With this in mind we emptied the leek bed and everyone got to take home a leek to make leek and potato soup. NOTE: Our home grown leeks do not have long white stalks, this is because they are exposed to the sun so turn green. All of the leek is edible, white and green stalk as well as the leaves. Enjoy your green leek and potato soup!
| Volunteers needed: WPS Children’s Garden Club | |
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| Where: | Woodend Community Children’s Garden (Buckland St, Woodend) |
| When: | 12.45-1.45pm Mondays parent help required to run lunchtime Kid’s Garden Club |
| 1.45 - 3.20pm Mondays - parent’s gardening group | |
| BYO: | Bring your enthusiasm and desire to pitch in (No gardening know how needed). Please wear sturdy shoes, gardening gloves and weather appropriate clothing. Pre-school age children are welcome too |
| Sign in: | Please sign in at the Office before gardening (Working With Children Check required) |
| Contact: | Nicole Middleton 0418 233 366 |
If you can’t make it to the Monday sessions, but you can help out another day, simply contact me to see what needs to be done.
Volunteer WPS Gardening Group Facilitator
Nicole Middleton - 0418 233 366