- Here in Putignano we researched about the spontaneous plants we have in our school garden
- then we researched how to use them....and you will try some delicious....
- we started our winter garden to have it ready for the group arrival before Christmas but on the 6th of January 2017..look..everything died ..under the snow...
So...we might not have time to prepare a new one, sorry
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month
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Activities, initiatives.
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December
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Census of self sown and cultivated vegetation (labelling,photos)
Gathering and using edible self sown plants (eg.chicory,wall rocket,etc)
Lecture on by experts (eg Prof.V.V.Bianco ex professor at Bari university). Discussion on “waste” and “resource”
Gathering and preservation of seeds of self sown edible plants.
Weeding
Tilling the soil
Pruning plants and bushes
Mincing and composting of cuttings.
Planting bulbs,tubers,rootstock of plants that bloom in spring(freesia,hyacinth,iris,anemone,crocus,daffodils,buttercup,tulip,etc)
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January
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The same
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February
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The same
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March
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Bedding out and labelling potted plants: ornamental, aromatic and officinal herbs,plants with small fruits,(eg.broom,lavender,snowball bush,sage,time,mint,oregano,calamint,azarole,sorb,medlar tree,jujube,etc.)
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April
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The same
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May
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June
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Census of self sown vegetation
Gathering and using edible self sown plants
Gathering and preservation of seeds of self sown edible plants
Weeding
Tilling the soil
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July
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Planned or emergency irrigation
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August
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The same
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Settember
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Tilling the soil and fertilizing with organic fertilizer
Planting bulb s,tubers,rootstock of plants that bloom in autumn-winter (eg.cyclamen,etc)
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October
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The same
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November
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Making myrtle liqueur, aromatic oil (rosemary), bunches of dried lavender, sage, oregano, mint, calamint. The aim of these activities is to give hospitality to foreign students involved in exchange programmes and self-financing.Discovering tastes, smells and colours.
Tasting medlar fruit, jujube,sorb, azarole, flans made with self-sown herbs. Aiming at self-financing.
Sponsoring by nursery owners.
Collaboration with the pupils’ parental association “Liceando”
The students at Majorana-Laterza asked the City Council for special compost containers.
We received them and started to learn how to make a good compost from organic waste.
One of our science teachers who is an agronomist taught the students about the right way to produce compost.
We are deliver organic waste in the composter.
We asked the State forestal authority for some plants which are common in aur Mediterranean area
We were given 100 different plants among which mirtle,broom,holly.
All the removed grass and parts of the new branches went into the composter.
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