Proyecto «Arriba en el huerto, abajo en la tierra»

DEL HUERTO A LA MESA

Con el paso de los días en primavera, el huerto de la clase de los peces está más bonito que nunca, y hemos ido a observar cuántas plantas habían dado fruto. Hemos podido recoger algunas espinacas que habían crecido y cuyas hojas estaban ya grandísimas, tanto las del huerto, como las que tenemos en la jardinera de la porchada.

Hemos podido observar que todavía quedan las zanahorias y habas por terminar de germinar, pero por el momento, las espinacas las hemos recolectado y guardado en una cesta. Después las hemos llevado a la cocina, y Miguel el cocinero nos lo ha agradecido mucho, ya que con todas nuestras espinacas, los cocineros de la escuela han podido hacer unas croquetas deliciosas.

Después, ha llegado el momento que tanto esperábamos… Por fin, después de muchos meses de trabajo en el huerto, hemos podido saborear las espinacas. Aunque es un alimento con un sabor ligeramente amargo, son muy saludables ya que nos aportan mucha fibra, magnesio, hierro y potasio, así como, vitaminas A, C, B, E y F.

Ha sido una experiencia inolvidable haber formado parte desde la plantación del brote hasta la recolección de los frutos, pero saborear nuestro propio esfuerzo, ha sido una recompensa muy especial.

Alumnos/as de 5 años.

WELCOME RIGOBERTA AND RIGOBERTO!

Rigoberta and Rigoberta, the new carers of our vegetable patch, arrived at school a few days ago. Both Mateo and Sasha and their families have worked hard in order to create our two new caretakers and all of us fish are very grateful.

We are very excited and hope that Rigoberto and Rigoberta fulfil their role; keeping all the diferent types of birds far away from all our crops.

In addition, we are working in a register book in which we annotate everything that happens in our garden patch. Every day we go out to observe it, to check if it needs to be watered, to remove dry leaves and weeds and we have even collected some strawberries which have being ripering.

We have verified that beans grow very quickly and that the reason why onions have died (excepting one of them) is due to the excessive watering.

All this process is registered in the observation calendar and in the register book through which we are working, so that we can remenber how the allotment was before planting and how it is during and after it. All this allows us to generate hypotheses and reach conclusions about how we have carried the planting and harvesting process out.

Alumnos/as de 5 años.

EVERYTHING STARTS WITH A SEED

Fish are experiencing some very special and significant days for us, given that carrying our garden project out is especially exciting. After all the research works done about fruits and vegetables during the school year at home and at school, we have discovered that, although fruits and vegetables can be planted at any time of the year, we had to choose an appropiate variety according to the climate and the season we are in.

On one hand, Mía’s grandfater brought us a small bad full of bean seeds, as well as we got the help from Olivia’s mother in order to get some strawberry sprouts. On the other hand, it was required to weigh up what other vegetables we could plant, taking into account the weather and the seedlings we already had. Since there are plants which are «friends», that is to say, they help each ther to grow healthy and strong. Therefore, we also decided to plant some carrots, onions, spinach and aromatic plants.

Aromatic plants are indispensabe to avoid infestations in our vegetable patch and to attract bees due to the pollination work is claimed. We were able to smell, observe and touch different aromatic such as rosemary, sage and lavender. We also got calendula seed, however, we will plant them later, given that their ideal climate for the sowing is at the end of winter.

Before starting to plant, the organisation of the vegetable garden was very important. We had to tke into account the number of shoots which we were going to plant and the separation length.

Once organized, we left the bean seeds to soak for 24 hours before sowing them, in order to make their germination process easier. The next day, we prepared the hoe, the spades and te substratum and we began to dig small holes and insert the seeds.

During the week we finished transplanting the rest of the strawberry, carrot, onion and spinach shoots. This process has been very delicate and beautiful beacuse we have gone out with our friends in groups and we have collaborated together. With the help of the tools, we dug small holes again, then inserted the sprout and finally we covered the roots with soil.

Finally, with the bean seeds and spinach and strawbeery sprouts which were left over, we decided to plant them in the jardiniere and the flower pots of our porch.

From this point on we must take care and water according to the weather and maintain order and cleanliness to avoid infestations in the vegetable garden.

Alumnos/as de 5 años.

ARRIBA EN EL HUERTO Y ABAJO EN LA TIERRA

Después de todos los trabajos de investigación que hemos hecho durante el primer trimestre en casa y en la escuela sobre las frutas y las hortalizas, hemos decidido cultivar nuestro propio huerto en el jardín de infantil. Por ello, uno de los proyectos que comenzaremos a abordar durante este nuevo trimestre se llamará «Arriba en el huerto y abajo en la tierra».

Hemos descubierto que, antes de comenzar a sembrar, el huerto necesita estar limpio, totalmente despejado de piedras o ramas que puedan entorpecer el camino de las raíces al crecer, así como, la tierra necesita moverse y mezclarse junto con abono, así estará más blanda y con más nutrientes, lo que facilitará la germinación de las semillas. Y a continuación ¡nos pusimos manos a la obra!

Por otra parte, Rigoberto, el antiguo vigilante de nuestro huerto, nos mandó una carta contándonos que él ya no se podía encargar más de esa tarea y que con ayuda de nuestras familias buscáramos nuevos vigilantes que nos ayudarán a mantener nuestro huerto libre de ataques de pájaros u otros animales curiosos.