P.S. If you're wondering about the crazy hair and the brightly coloured clothes it was Wig Wednesday that day :)
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Fertilising For The Future with the Christchurch City Council
Last week as part of our inquiry "The Secret Lives Of Living Things, we went to the Eco Centre in Bromely for a trip called "Fertilising For The Future!" This was all about using organic waste and turning it into natural fertilisers. We layered ingredients to make hot compost and we learnt about the fermentation of food using EM Bokashi. Most exciting of all was making our own EM Bokashi mix which we were allowed to take home. At the moment, we have it at school and are waiting for it to ferment. If the mixture is just right, it will grow a white mould. If we added too much liquid to our mixture, it may grow the bad kind of mould, the bluey greeny stuff. But Chris did say if that happens 'all is not lost!' We can throw it into the garden as a fertiliser. Check out the photos below.
P.S. If you're wondering about the crazy hair and the brightly coloured clothes it was Wig Wednesday that day :)
P.S. If you're wondering about the crazy hair and the brightly coloured clothes it was Wig Wednesday that day :)
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That was so fun but carrying the rotten banana was sick but i got used to it.
ReplyDeleteAditya
I was really interesting to make bakashi but it smells like sour vinger
ReplyDeleteAnna
I really enjoyed going t the Eco depot. My favorite was making the bakashi even though it smells of rotting peaches in vinegar.
ReplyDeleteMaddy
Thank you to the people at the eco depot for teaching us about fertilising. I really enjoyed it! And a special thanks to chris for teaching us things we didn't know about fertilising. Elijah
ReplyDeleteI want to do that again it was so so so fun I enjoyed it a lot
ReplyDeleteAditya
I loved going and really enjoyed creating the mixture that helps break food down(i forgot what its called)but i also enjoyed learning about how to care for your garden but what i hated was bringing the rotten banana to our buckets it was so GROSS!!!!!!!!!! :p ps im brooklyn
ReplyDeletei wish i was there it looks fun.
ReplyDeleteErin
I like Maddy liked making the bakashi, yet i think they smell like watties peaches fermenting in vinegar and salt and sugar.
ReplyDeleteASHWINI
It WAS SO FUN! it was interesting to make bakashi and i'm happy none of ours has grown the bad mould yet.It was funny how we got to wear hilarious wigs to the Eco depot
ReplyDeletepreena
Thank you for taking us Miss Cocks I had so much fun! I really enjoyed learning how to make compost!
ReplyDeleteMaia
Very nice sentences Maia
DeleteFrom CHEZ MADDY
I really enjoyed making the pacashi because we got our hands dirty and it was fun getting the ingredients.
ReplyDeleteBy Lisha
I think that would have been really fun and i wish i was there to experience it by Basit
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed going to the dump though my wig go a bit dirty still, i had a great time!
ReplyDeleteThomas
I really liked the echo depot but we had to pick up rotten bananas and that was discussing.Ody������
ReplyDeleteIt was really fun making the pacashi because I really liked mixing the ingredients together even though the pacashi smelt weird.
ReplyDeleteJessica
I really liked the trip because we did lots of activates all were really nice i would like to do them again-charlotte
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed going to the Eco depot I wish we could go again. Grace
ReplyDeleteWOW, that.....um..... looks like a very fascinating....um... thing to do, I wish I could do it as well
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