Kitchen Garden
Inger Furlong, Kitchen Garden Teacher
Inspire Kitchen Garden
The Prep, Year 1 and 2 students had a wonderful time during their Kitchen Garden session! They made scrambled eggs using eggs from our Skye chickens and parsley from our garden. The pictures say it all!
Kitchen Garden
What to Grow in Your Garden In September
If you are wondering what you can grow in your garden at home this time of the year, here are some suggestions taken from The Shared Table (SAKGF).
The start of spring heralds a bumper growing time for temperate and cool gardens, with lots of new options, while peas and raspberries drop off the list.
New options this month include basil, corn, carrots, beans, cucumber, zucchini and melons. Check whether to start seedlings or seeds in your area on gardenate.com or with your local nursery.
- Jerusalem artichokes (June to September), beetroot (July to April), parsnip (July to March), potatoes (July to January), carrots (September to May), radish (August to May)
- Broccoli (September to April)
- Cucumber (September to January), melons (September to December), pumpkin (September to December), zucchini (September to January)
- Eggplant (August to December), tomato (August to December)
- Leeks (September to April)
- Beans (September to January)
- Coriander, dill (August to January), basil (September to January), chervil, sage (August to March)
- Corn (September to January), rhubarb (May to October), asparagus (February to September), strawberries (July to October), fennel (August to December), globe artichokes (August to November), Jerusalem artichokes (June to September), celery (September to December), warrigal greens (September to October)
All year:
- Spring onions
- Lettuce, rocket, Asian greens, spring onions, silverbeet
- Oregano, rosemary, thyme, mint, parsley.
Kitchen Garden Years 3-6
The students harvested spinach, parsley, snow peas, oranges, lemons, borage, cabbage and lettuce and made delicious Japanese pancakes and fried cabbage with noodles and bacon. I was impressed with the variety of tasty salad dressings that were created. The blood orange that some students included in their recipe gave a tangy sweet taste. You can find the recipes below.
