I'm the seed lady!

[janeyo]

Just been asked by my littlest son's pre-school if I could sow them some toms and peppers as I am the seed lady!

lol, I quite like that

I have said I will donate some round carrots, purple radishes and some salad stuff that will grow quickly for them to use now. What else might they be actually likely to eat? Spring onions? They only have containers to grow in and it doesn't get much sun in their yard.

[matthew2riches]

What about some dwarf beans... they grow quickly and can be grown in pots

[ginger ninger]

What about some broad beans, they grow quickly so as to keep them interested and they have pretty flowers. You can tell them that they are clever plants, because they have sleeping bags for there beans (fluffy pods inside).

[janeyo]

Good ideas. I will send some of those too x

[parsnip/princess]

I love it!!
i just wish more schools put the money into paying for a member of staff to be there to teach the children to grow things!!
Science teachers have such a broad topic to cover, that growing is such a small part of the lessons, but yet the most of science lessons we remember???
I know alot of mothers would be willing to lend their time and efforts to a class of children having a go at digging and planting veg.
And seeing in action how things grow and where they come from, be it under ground of off the plant. Im sure alot of children think onions hang from a plant and wouldnt know what colour a rhubarb is, from celery....

[matthew2riches]

Im sure alot of children think onions hang from a plant and wouldnt know what colour a rhubarb is, from celery....

That's the problem

Children being mindlessly dragged around a shop by their parents looking for 'food', all they see is coloured packets with the occasional animal picture on!

The old classic....... where does milk come from? THE SHOP!

[Polly Fouracre]

Before Comprehensive schools and the strange belief that all children would do as well as the next, academically, there were Grammar Schools for, not the brainy especially, but the children who wanted and were determined to forge ahead and go to University and Secondary Modern schools for those who didn't (and why should they?) These taught, as well as the usual lessons practical skills, one of these being gardening and growing your own food and I'm sure many a good gardener came out of those classrooms.

[pipscariad]

I thought of you this morning Janeyo, as I walked into DD's school - I was approached by the Caretaker, who is the chap who does the school garden. Would I be willing him to help him with the children's garden he asked, as he'd had a load of muck delivered the day before by the farmer who gave me mine, and the said farmer had told him I was a keen veg grower... I was delighted , I'd love to lend a hand and help the children grow some veg, am really looking forward to it. I do help out in school a bit anyway, but this is a new direction. They have a new greenhouse too, so I may even get to play in there....

So....if you're the Seed Lady, d'you think I'm thought of by the Caretaker as the Muck Lady ?!!

[Jeanied]

Why don't you get them to grow strawberries too, the kids will love those!

[janeyo]

I thought of you this morning Janeyo, as I walked into DD's school - I was approached by the Caretaker, who is the chap who does the school garden. Would I be willing him to help him with the children's garden he asked, as he'd had a load of muck delivered the day before by the farmer who gave me mine, and the said farmer had told him I was a keen veg grower... I was delighted , I'd love to lend a hand and help the children grow some veg, am really looking forward to it. I do help out in school a bit anyway, but this is a new direction. They have a new greenhouse too, so I may even get to play in there....

So....if you're the Seed Lady, d'you think I'm thought of by the Caretaker as the Muck Lady ?!!

Yup, happy that you are the muck lady, think I got off lightly there

[mcsee]

Janeyo - Another option to get involvement - Why not suggest the teachers get the kids to start off a Broad Bean (in a recycled drink cup of compost) on the windowsill and when they germinate, get them to take it home and grow at home.

Maybe the Seed Lady can help.