Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden 

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden 2025

This week marks Week 5 with 3/4CB! We have been busy tidying up the garden beds after the summer sunshine, ensuring they are ready for the seasons ahead. Our tomato plants continue to produce an abundance of delicious tomatoes, which we have been enjoying in the kitchen each week.

Along with tomatoes, we’ve also harvested beans, silverbeet, beetroot, pumpkins and a few small apples. In just a few weeks, we are expecting a plentiful eggplant harvest!

In the kitchen this week, we cooked a delicious veggie stir-fry with rice. Since Tuesday was a significant day in the Church calendar—Shrove Tuesday—we also made pancakes to mark the occasion.  These were a favourite amongst the students as they munched them up with the stirfry and beetroot dip. In the garden we have also had to get the hose out each week to give the fruit trees in our orchard a good soak as the rain isn’t providing much help at the moment. 

A huge thank you to our wonderful volunteers who generously give their time to support us. We truly appreciate the help of Gabi (Victoria's Mum), Kathy (Luka's Grandmother), Amanda (Flynn’s Mum), Rosie (Lewis' Mum), and Kathy (Georgina's Mum). We couldn’t run this program without you!

Arigatou! 

Mrs Tammie Siegert

Student Reflections:

Today the carrot group made the salad. Lewis and I were cutting spring onions. We went to the garden to get some mint because we needed some to make the salad. My group is excited to eat the pancakes because it is Shrove Tuesday. I don't like pancakes that much so I'll probably eat at least 2 of them just in case the people didn't eat it. By Christopher

Today the carrot group made a salad with green beans, tomatoes, mint, basil, and spring onion.   I cut spring onion  and tomatoes then we put it into a bowl and mixed it all together. After that I wiped down the tables that were really dirty.  Then we went back to the classroom.  By Lewis

Today in SAKG I was in charge of the main meal which is Honey soy stir fry. In the garden I planted two lettuce and one basil. It was awesome! I also got to grate carrots and it was pretty hard,and I got to cut capsicum. It was also really hard but not that hard. I also cut carrots and it was so so hard. I had to water some  plants and that was my favourite.  By Annabeth

Watering the plants with the hose - I watered lots of things with the hose then the sprinklers were on.  By Ovindi 

Today I made Stir fry with capsicum, broccoli, cucumbers, carrots, mushrooms and rice.  I got to cut Mushrooms and Kapsicam, peel Carrots and have lots of fun!! By Jacqueline

Today in the kitchen my group Zucchini made the dip my mum Gabi was  helping us make.   In my group there is  Me,  Zoe, Lulubelle, ethan and Christian.  By Victoria

Today I made the pancake because it was pancake Tuesday. Today I went to the garden.  I only collected 3 carrot.I also pulled out the weeds and watered the plants.I picked 1 bean.  By Benji

The Carrot group made a salad. I was in charge of cutting tomatoes. The person across from me was cutting onions. The onion burned my eyes and made me cry. The table next to me made pancakes because it is Shrove Tuesday. They smelt so good I can't wait to eat them.   By Oliver

Today I made pancakes in kitchen garden and I made the dip.  By Ethan

Today I made the main meal. The main meal was honey soy stir fry. I helped make the sauce. We used honey and soy sauce. Normally we will make bread but today is Shrove Tuesday and tomorrow is the start of Lent so we made pancakes instead.  By Flynn

Today the Eggplant group made a stir fry. I was cutting mushrooms. We had to cut them in half and then into slices. In the garden we planted some new plants. We also had to take out some of the corn that was growing. By Luka

Today the carrot group made a salad with green beans, tomatoes, mint, basil, and spring onion.   I cut spring onion  and tomatoes then we put it into a bowl and mixed it all together.   After that I wiped down the tables that were really dirty.   Then we went back to the classroom.   By Lewis

Can you believe it? It's already week five in the kitchen and garden!!! Today I made a salad with tomatoes, mint basil beans and spring onions, and also it's Shrove Tuesday!!!   By Sienna

Today we were  making the dip, Gabby was helping Victoria's Mum. It was a Beetroot and carrot dip.  It was so fun the dip was pink.  My favorite thing that we are going to eat is pancakes.  People in my group were Victoria, Lulubelle, Ethan and Christian.  By Zoe