SPRING IN THE GARDEN - OCTOBER
On the site, what images are appealing to you and why?
The vegetable, fruit and flowers images.
What do you know about the company who own this website?
They advertise their products and sell. The website has a garden calendar
and their website also has recipes.
Have you been to their shops?
No.
Find on Google maps, the closest Tui Garden shop to our school.
How many kilometres is the shop from our school?
214.6 kilometers
What vegetables should be grown now?
Pumpkin, radish, asparagus, beans, bok choy, beetroot, basil, carrot,
capsicum, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, chilli, cucumber, eggplant, leek,
lettuce, parsley, tomatoes, potatoes, mesclun, sweetcorn, spring onions,
spinach, rocket, silverbeet, rhubarb and courgette.
What public holiday is a traditional weekend for planting tomatoes?
Labour day.
What is better? Growing your own tomatoes or buying them from the
supermarket. Explain your answer.
Well I personally think growing tomatoes is better than buying them
because tomatoes taste better when you grow them by yourself if you
grow them well and properly. Some tomatoes are grown with chemicals
which will affect your body, so growing tomatoes organically is healthier
and better.
Find out how much tomatoes cost at your local supermarket.
My local supermarket is Pak n Save and their tomato cost $5.99.
Which is a better buy and why?
It’s better to grow because the tomatoes you buy from the supermarket
was grown with chemical.
What are some maintenance tips from the site?
Mound up the soil around potato plants as the leaves appear through
the soil. This will encourage a bigger harvest and protect the crop from the sun.
Garlics and Shallots - keep the area around plant weed free.
Herbs - cut back sage, thyme and mint to encourage fresh new growth for the summer harvest.
Look out for aphids and white cabbage butterfly caterpillar as they will also be actively looking for food. Squash these insects, hose off or wash with warm soapy water.
Why should plants be maintained?
So they can grow well and tasty.
If the images were in black and white, would they help you with understanding
the website? Why?
If the images were black and white it would still help me a bit. Well with colors
it would be more helpful. E.g if you are looking through a website with garden tips,
it would be more helpful because you can see what the finish product will need too look like.
Pick one of the vegetables to plant in our garden. Make a list of how to
plant and maintain this vegetable.
Sweetcorn
Sweetcorn are easy to grow.
Needs warm and sunny spot in well drained soil. Spring and Summer is the best time to plant sweetcorn.
Prepare soil with organic matter.
Add a layer of vegetable mix to plant into.
Feed corn and keep soil moist throughout the growing seasons.
Stake taller plants and those grown in wind-prone areas.
