1. The Y6 Vegetable Garden

2. Introduction To Our Garden In year six, at Glenfall, we have been growing vegetables and flowers to help the environment. This has given us something to help us take our minds off our SAT’s. It has also given us the responsibility of caring for the plants and ultimately the environment.

3. Our Potato Garden In our patch, we have been growing potatoes. We have been growing different kinds of potatoes. These include: Swift, Rocket, Rainbow and Arran Pilot. These potatoes grow quickly so we can cook them before we leave the school.

4. Our Other Patch In our other patch, we grow rhubarb, carrots and even more potatoes. This gives us a range of different ways to care for growable foods. Rhubarb is a great way to teach us about cooking.

5. Forcing Potatoes Forcing potatoes is a method of growing used to speed up growth. The potatoes are placed in a bag with some fertilizer, which is the placed in a greenhouse. These potatoes will grow much faster than normal potatoes.

6. What We Did This is how we grew the potatoes: 1.We cleaned out the grow beds (they were covered in leaves) 2.We then turned over the soil ready for planting 3.We planted the potatoes along with some fertilizer 4.We constantly turn over the soil so they grow properly 5.We’re waiting for them to grow

7. What We’re Going To Do With Them Since we’re growing vegetables, we may as well use them when they’re grown! We will use them to make things like soup, or even pie, for our after SAT’s enrichment week! Our in-school chef will help us to make the food. We look forward to an amazing cooking lesson!

8. What Growing Them Has Done As a class, it has helped us to work on teamwork and to learn to help each other with tasks. Growing the plants has left behind an activity for everyone to look forward to when they become year 6.

9. Potato Facts The word potato comes from the Spanish word patata. Based on 2015 statistics, China is the leading producer of potatoes. Potato storage facilities are kept at temperatures above 4 °C as potato starch turns into sugar and alters the taste below this temperature. One of the main causes of the Great Famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1852 was a potato disease known as potato blight. The shortage of potatoes led to the death of around 1 million people who were dependent on them as a food source.

10. Carrot Facts The carrot is usually orange in colour although purple, red, white, and yellow varieties also exist. Cultivated carrots are usually made up of about 88% water, 7% sugar, 1% protein, 1% fibre, 1% ash, and 0.2% fat. Ancient Greeks and Romans ate carrots but not the orange varieties we know today, they ate the less cultivated wild varieties of various other colours. The urban legend that 'eating large quantities of carrots helps us to see in the dark' was developed from stories started in World War II. British gunners were shooting down German planes at night and to cover up the fact that it was the effective use of radar technologies that was achieving this, the RAF circulated a story about their pilots' high level of carrot consumption.

11. Our Gardeners!