1. Our school vegetable garden for Comenius project FOOD4LIFE Kalfagianio Junior High School of Filia LesvosGREECE April 2013

2. Constructing our composter We decided to construct a composter so that we could Recycle organic material Recycle organic material Produce organic fertilizer and use it to our garden Produce organic fertilizer and use it to our garden 3/12/2012

3. we used pallets

5. Filling the composter We filled the composter with 1 part of food waste and a small amount of manure. This is the green material full of nitrogen. 1 part of food waste and a small amount of manure. This is the green material full of nitrogen. 3 parts of yellow leaves, branches and sawdust. This is the brown material full of carbon. 3 parts of yellow leaves, branches and sawdust. This is the brown material full of carbon. 13/12/2012

6. preparing the organic material

7. we used boxes to maintain the ratio 3/1

8. Preparing the soil for our garden We had to pull out the weeds and rocks, add some manure, and mix it with the soil. 16/12/2012

9. before

10. working in the garden

11. and after

12. The first seeds We carefully purchased our vegetable seeds and made a garden plan so we can take advantage of all the space of our small garden. Then we used a pot tray with 100 places to grow our first seeds : lettuce, coriander, cardamon and mint. 4/2/2013

13. our first garden plan

14. some of the seeds

15. planting in the pot tray

16. First sowing Our first sowing and planting in the garden took place in mid February, during an unexpectedly hot and sunny day. We planted spinach, onion, rocket, peas and broad beans. 15/2/2013

17. planting in the garden

19. our lettuces are getting bigger

20. Fencing our garden One day we noticed footprints in the garden. So we decided to build a fence around our garden and protect our seedlings from naughty animals! 25/2/2013

23. our garden is now safe

24. Transplanting On the 7th of March we transferred the lettuce, coriander and cardamom from the pot tray to small pots. Unfortunately the mint didn’t grow. 7/3/2013

25. progress of the garden and pot tray

26. transplanting

28. and the result

29. The composter is full Once a week we checked the composter’s humidity and mixed all the materials. We stopped adding materials when the composter was full. 9/3/2013

30. our full composter

31. some caterpillars lost their way

32. Construction of our small greenhouse A small but greedy snail ate 11 lettuces! Also, the constant rain and wind was threatening our lettuce, coriander and cardamom seeds. So we decided to build a greenhouse and protect our seedlings. 14/3/2013

33. our garden from above

34. broad beans are growing fast

35. our little greenhouse

36. “Imported” worms We found some worms and put them in our composter. We found some worms and put them in our composter. Worms help to mix the compost ingredients and keep the air flowing. Our compost is not ready yet. We hope that hot weather will help us. Our compost is not ready yet. We hope that hot weather will help us. 19/3/2013

37. worms in the pot and in the composter

38. Latest news This week we planted carrots and parsley. We also transferred the lettuces to bigger pots. 29/3/2013

39. the garden

40. and the greenhouse pots

41. the latest photograph of our garden 21/3/2013