Growing Fast

After the excitement of our full school salad tasting last week the Centenary Garden has been quiet and the raised beds look rather empty.

Hopefully, under the protection of their poly covers, the harvested plants will begin to grow again and it won't be too long before we can hold another Salad Bar event.

Over the half term break we are looking forward to the removal of the prickly hedge at the side of our garden which will leave space for the development of 'Phase Two' of our Centenary Garden project.

All will be revealed soon!

 

(Larger version of this time-lapse is on our Vimeo Channel www.vimeo.com/channels/mlcreative)

Sophie and Ben (Form 3b) edited their time-lapse video of watercress growing.  It was filmed using a Pico iMage webcam  and I Can Animate software, with a 'daylight' bulb which allowed them to leave a lamp safely switched on constantly for several days.  Image quality and clarity is not great : but sometimes you learn more from your difficult projects than your successes.  It was filmed over 72 hours.  There was also the problem that the iMac would not run for longer than 24 hours without freezing, so there are edit points in the footage.  The watercress seeds were planted on paper towel and allowed to germinate, while kept moist.  Ben was keen to taste the cress when grown : but thankfully was persuaded not to!  Well done both of you.

Finally, George ( Form 4b) is our 'Blogger of the Week'.

This is his contribution -

Last Friday I loved the salad bar and I think I was the one with the biggest plate of salad. I really enjoyed having the salad and I did not want to waste any, because I had helped to grow it. I am grateful that Waitrose donated the buns for us to eat.

We had many different kinds of lettuces, which tasted different in every way.  I was really surprised because I had not known that all of the different types of lettuces and greens could taste so different.  I hope we will have another salad bar soon as I look forward to having a wider range of vegetables for us to eat.

Most days I stop and look at the vegetables, to see if they have grown.  I love the fact that they always seem to be getting bigger.

Thank you to the teachers for organising the salad bar and thank you to Waitrose in Esher.