27.7.12 expert plantagators

On Tuesday we are putting shelves in the shade house and laying gravel along the bottom.
If anyone would be kind enough to come down and help us with that we will be real thankful.

Action ... 2012

Expert Plantatgators

All Action Projects

·         Design badges

·         Logo

·         Redesign wall display

·         Blog update

Next step: Develop an action plan for our ‘Now’ activities

Shade house

·         Make sure the structure is solid

·         More shade cloth

·         ‘Door’ – roll up door ; nails to rest on

·         Join 2 posts with cloth

·         Shelves around the edges?

·         Storage

·         Flooring

·         Boxing

·         Bark for mulch … or stones/gravel

Now

Contact Horizons / Manawatu council for seedlings

Take cuttings

Garden Shed

Vege garden

Sheep manure

Water the plants we have just planted

Take care of the plants

Weed our Native area

Short term plan

Plant flowers around the school

Plant a vege garden by shade house

Have potting days

Eco source seeds from school and bush and grow

Trees for Survival

Plant school carrots

Edging – edible plants

Working bee

Long term plan

Plant things around our community

Planting days

School gardens

Eat strawberries

Help other people plant their plants

Start up a business to sell plants

2011 Term 2 Planning

Our goal is to develop ...

Native Plants

Complete Shade House

Design plant labels

Label Native Plants

Organise the growing unit

Treemendous Area

Start another Native area

Talk to Chevelle about adopting part of his area

2011 Planning

Charlotte-Monday and Wednesday

Caleb-Tuesday Friday and Thursday

Our Goal: Maintain the plants and make sure they are healthy and finish the shade house

May Update

Last week we sold 12 hebe plants. We still have 34 hebe plants and 10 Kowhai left to sell.The hebe plants make good hedges. Thanks to all of the parents and community members who have supported us. A special big thank you to Mrs Beard. - By Jacob.

Learning in our Bush

On Tuesday the 11th of May, we went to the bush. We learnt that the bush is like a house. We also learnt that our bush does not have any roof level trees. In our bush we have whitey wood which is a hard wood to make fire. At lunch time we put bait in all of the 5 bait stations. We still have native plants for sale. Kowhai plant = $4.00. Hebes = $3.00. Thank you very much Lance for organising all of the possum bait. We can see a little evidence of possums and it is great to get on top of them! - By Jacob.

Planning our Hebe Planting

We are looking at planting some Hebes in the bush. We will call it the 'Hebe Mountain.' We will plant the hebes on a big pile of rotten rock. We have ten hebes to sell and we also have ten Kowhai to sell. The Kowhai are $5.00 each and the hebes are $3.00 each. If you are interested in puchasing any of these, please come down and ask for Caleb K or Jacob.