March Miracles!

Well our autumn planting has been completed for a few of our beds. We planted the seedlings in at the end of February and have faithfully been watering them and watching them grow.

We are learning so much about how to look after seedlings like how to plant them correctly and look after them once they are in the ground. We have seen for ourselves how they start off so small and grow so quickly. We even discovered that they take up quite a bit more space than we had anticipated!

The weather here in Auckland has been beautifully warm and as a result our garden is pumping. Here is a pic of what this same bed looked like just four weeks after we initially planted it.

Which meant that last week we were able to harvest some silverbeet and some of our gourmet lettuce! Here we are getting our (biodegradable) plastic bags filled up with our first lot of goodies to take home.

Today, our gardeners were discussing how they had enjoyed the lettuce at home in sandwiches, salads and even burgers! It is so great that this is something the kids have done themselves and are able to share with their families at home.

If you would like to see more of what we have been up to, you can visit ImageShack on this link to see more pictures.ImageShack Our gardens in March