Year 4 Urban Gardening

                                                                  Compost

Do you know that it's important to chop up your food scraps before feeding them to your worms or compost bin? If you don't chop up your organic matter, worms won't have enough time to break the compost down,

resulting in the compost making methane gas which destroys the ozone layer and contributes to global warming (and your compost will smell). 

Healthy compost improves the structure and health of your soil by adding organic matter. It also helps the soil retain moisture and nutrients, plus attracts beneficial organisms to the soil and reduces the need for pesticides and fertilizers.

In our gardening sessions on Friday, Year 4 collect the the fruit scraps from every classroom. We pour the fruit into a large bucket and use a shovel to break the compost up into tiny pieces, ready from the worms to enjoy. 

By Benjamin W.  

                                                       Year 4 fruit trees 

In the last few weeks the year 4s have been planting fruit trees. We  have planted  apple, pear, nectarine and plum trees. The first thing we did was clear out the garden bed near the year 2 classrooms, then we dug holes for the trees then we planted the fruit trees in the hole. We watered them after to help them grow strong.

When we eat the fruit from the fruit trees, the cores are put in the compost which helps the worms and also helps the trees grow. When you put your fruit and vegetables in the compost the worms eat it and then poop it out afterwards, it mixes in the soil  which helps the plants like our fruit trees !!  The year 4 groups have been growing plants to sell and raise money for our garden.

by Bella M and Maya P.