Transcript The Y6 Vegetable Garden Competition

The Y6 Vegetable Garden
Introduction To Our Garden
In year six, at Glenfall, we have been
growing vegetables and flowers to help
the environment. This has given us
something to help us take our minds
off our SAT’s. It has also given us the
responsibility of caring for the plants
and ultimately the environment.
Our Potato Garden
• In our patch, we have been
growing potatoes.
• We have been growing different
kinds of potatoes.
• These include: Swift, Rocket,
Rainbow and Arran Pilot.
These potatoes grow quickly so we
can cook them before we leave the
school.
Our Other Patch
In our other patch, we grow rhubarb,
carrots and even more potatoes.
This gives us a range of different ways
to care for growable foods. Rhubarb is
a great way to teach us about cooking.
Forcing Potatoes
Forcing potatoes is a method of
growing used to speed up growth.
The potatoes are placed in a bag with
some fertilizer, which is the placed in
a greenhouse. These potatoes will
grow much faster than normal
potatoes.
What We Did
This is how we grew the potatoes:
1. We cleaned out the grow beds (they were covered in leaves)
2. We then turned over the soil ready for planting
3. We planted the potatoes along with some fertilizer
4. We constantly turn over the soil so they grow properly
5. We’re waiting for them to grow
What We’re Going To Do With Them
Since we’re growing vegetables, we
may as well use them when they’re
grown!
We will use them to make things like
soup, or even pie, for our after SAT’s
enrichment week! Our in-school chef
will help us to make the food. We look
forward to an amazing cooking lesson!
What Growing Them Has Done
As a class, it has helped us to work on teamwork and to
learn to help each other with tasks.
Growing the plants has left behind an activity for everyone
to look forward to when they become year 6.
Potato Facts
• The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata.
• Based on 2015 statistics, China is the leading producer
of potatoes.
• Potato storage facilities are kept at temperatures
above 4 °C as potato starch turns into sugar and alters
the taste below this temperature.
• One of the main causes of the Great Famine in Ireland
between 1845 and 1852 was a potato disease known
as potato blight. The shortage of potatoes led to the
death of around 1 million people who were dependent
on them as a food source.
Carrot Facts
• The carrot is usually orange in colour although purple, red, white,
and yellow varieties also exist.
• Cultivated carrots are usually made up of about 88% water, 7% sugar,
1% protein, 1% fibre, 1% ash, and 0.2% fat.
• Ancient Greeks and Romans ate carrots but not the orange varieties
we know today, they ate the less cultivated wild varieties of various
other colours.
• The urban legend that 'eating large quantities of carrots helps us to
see in the dark' was developed from stories started in World War II.
British gunners were shooting down German planes at night and to
cover up the fact that it was the effective use of radar technologies
that was achieving this, the RAF circulated a story about their pilots'
high level of carrot consumption.
Our Gardeners!