Room Tekau ma Whitu's Enviro Reflection for Term One

 We sorted the rubbish to try and avoid the landfill. We can't wait to check out the new worm farm next term. Did you know they don't like citrus?

Everyone loved eating the fruit from the edible garden this term.

Room 17's Autumn Harvest

Today Room 17 harvested the last summer watermelon from the edible garden. It's so cool to see all our hard work in the garden resulting in delicious, healthy things to eat. We also discovered the first autumn feijoas under the trees and collected them too.

When we cut the watermelon open, we saw it was perfectly ripe; bright pink and full of dark seeds. Delicious!!

After we had finished eating, we collected the rinds and put them in the worm bin. Next week the Greenfingers Gang will use the worm tea to fertilize our winter crops.

Mrs Daniel also collected the biggest, darkest seeds. She'll store these til spring, when we can plant them and start the cycle all over again.

Room 17 Citizen Scientists: The Hunt for Moth Plants

For our Enviro lesson with Mrs Daniel today, Room 17 went on the hunt for moth plants.

First we researched about these noxious weeds and reported back our findings.

Next we put on gloves and grabbed garden snips. Then it was time to find the moth plants.

Lucas spotted adult plants covering the neighbour's hedge. We could see the green pods filled with a 1000 seeds each. We scrambled under the hedge to snip the thick woody vines at their base.

Then we went off to our native bush walk. With our super powers of observation we spotted and pulled out over 26 young moth plants.  We made sure disposed of them into the bin rather than compost. Good job crew!!

 Have you found any moth plants? Comment below 😊 🌿✂

Next we're ging home to share the message about moth plant with our whanau, friends and neighbours. And look we're helping to spread the word online:

Room 17 Wandering, Wondering & Watering

Today Room 17 had our first enviro lesson. We explored what it means to be sustainable in the edible gardens. At the end of our lesson we watered the vege beds. Next week we're looking at why we have a worm farm and what to do about weeds.