Planting fruit and vegetables

On the 5th of May Class 4 planted some fruit and vegetables. We planted French beans, strawberries and potatoes.

Strawberries reproduce by sending out shoots called runners, French Green Beans reproduce by exploding their seeds as far away from the mother plant as they can and potatoes by forming sprouts which grow into potatoes.

    To begin we dug a hole and planted the strawberries.

   Did you know that strawberry plant flowers are edible?

To plant French Runner Beans we had to dig a small trench and then place them in it, then cover them with a small amount of compost. Some pupils say that was the best bit because you can get your hands covered in mud!

    Here's a photo of the French Runner bean seeds.

    We also planted some potatoes.

Altogether we learnt lots about how plants reproduce and how to plant them. Hopefully our gardening section will grow lots of yummy fruit and vegetables!