Mini vegetable garden at Maria Francisca Diniz Frech Nursery In the village of Visconde de Mauá, children learn from an early age that it is possible to produce their own food...
On November 23, 2022, the activity was to inaugurate planting in a "transparent plastic box" so children can see the roots of the carrots that we sow in it grow.
Below, a suggestion by Giovanni Bazzocchi, from the Università di Bologna: a rustic clay pot buried in the soil, filled with water that will escape out through the pores of the clay and keep the earth always moist. You just need to fill the pot once in a while when it is empty. Please, keep it covered...
On November 18, 2022, the daycare's mini vegetable garden was restarted after interruption due to construction work at the site. In this new phase, in addition to planting in various types of artifacts - which show how we can plant anywhere - we inaugurated the new beds.
Above, a lot of attention to understand the whole process, starting with soil turning over and fertilizing with compost. Below, everyone wants to sow, everyone wants to water...
Below, on that day we only prepared the first bed. which was turned over, fertilized, planted with chive seedlings and lettuce and carrot seeds, and watered. On the right, at the end, the ground was covered with grass clippings to keep the moisture.
Previous activities
Above: Growing in bags, 5 liter mineral water bottles, 20 liter margarine buckets and other utensils capable of holding enough soil are used to produce the vegetables. Below: the children learn in practice and in theory what is happening in the garden, and they realize that the phenomenon of life that makes the plants grow is the same they are experiencing.
Above: growing lettuce.... Below: including lettuce and beets in the lunch salad. Below: installation of a wire mesh composter to produce compost from fruit peels and cut grass. Children are already knowing more about the plant world than many adults out there....