Salads and composting

Gardens can give you time.
Sometimes.
Things grow. Somethings grow well, others not so.
The school garden has been a place of pleasure for the local Cabbage Moths. A fact not enjoyed by our cauliflower and broccoli. Apart from that, the peas are coming along well, we are harvesting Cos lettuce, flat leaf parsley and interesting greens like Mizuna.

Speaking of leafy greens, throw these into a bowl and add a simple olive oil and lemon dressing and you have a fresh, just picked salad. We have even harvested enough for the canteen to use for their lunches.

We have organised a composting system at the side of the garden. A series of spaces, separated by tin panelling will house our heaps. Turning each week and then moving to the next space so hopefully by the fourth move the compost will be ready for the garden. It's great for the students to see the process of harvesting, eating, composting scraps and then eventually putting it back into the garden to grow more food. Next week Dan will be back to teach some classes about composting practises and creating some worm farms, so we should be well on the way to being able to compost much of the school's food waste.

So the garden grows and at times the management of class after class, keeping students engaged and learning, can make you feel that there is never enough time.

Perhaps it is worth teaching the students (and reminding yourself) about the art of slow. Just sitting and enjoying this space and contemplating what we have done.

Grow.