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Know your critters
Click here to download your Scavenger Hunt Sheet. We all know about bees and how important they are, because, well, they’re cute. But what about the brown and grey unloved little beings that live underground, that work very hard all year round to sustain the earth? So who are they, and what do they do? In general,…
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Growing with the seasons
This is the question I get asked by schools: “How will this work? The students are on summer holidays when the flowers and fruits are ready for harvesting.” I get asked this question, too: “Should we start in spring?” I always say, working with the soil is something you do as a part of your…
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October’s Plant of the Month: Ox-eye daisy
One of the lovely plants that is featured in Handbook for Budding Little Gardeners is the ox eye daisy (leucanthemum vulgare). Why it is important to grow ox eye daisies Many would consider ox eye daisies a weed because they grow everywhere and without anyone planting them in the first place! But they are very…
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Sayur Manis (Borneo)
As part of the World Garden School Programme (see attached), we get to know Sayur Manis (sauropus androgynus), a popular plant from Borneo. Watercolour (work-in-progress) by Almas Binti Abdul Kadir. “Sayur manis“ simply means sweet vegetable in the Malay language. It tastes like spinach but more flavoursome, as if this plant had been crossed with…
Cheese Plant Books 