« VEGETABLE GARDEN» PROJECT OF THE BLUE SCHOOL COMPLEX :

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MARIACHIARA’S GRANDPA SPADES OUR VEGETABLE GARDEN

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… AND NOW IT’S OUR TURN…

… WE PUT ON OUR RUBBER BOOTS …

….WE RAKE TO REMOVE THE STONES FROM THE GROUND…

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…..WE DIG SOME HOLES AND PLANT THE LITTLE PLANTS.

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FINALLY WE TAKE THE WATERING CANS, FILL THEM UP WITH WATER AND WATER THE PLANTS.

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WE PREPARE THE SIGNS WITH THE NAMES OF THE PLANTS:

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WE PLACE THE SIGNS:

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WE TAKE CARE OF THE VEGETABLE GARDEN:

WE UPROOT THE WEEDS...

…AND PLACE THE SCARECROWS.

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HELP! INSECTS AND SNAILS ATTACK OUR LITTLE PLANTS… WE ARE TAUGHT BY OUR

GRANDPAS SOME NATURAL SOLUTIONS: WATER + GARLIC + HOT PEPPER= VERY EFFICENT

INSECTICIDE...

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… EGGSHELL TO KEEP AWAY THE SNAILS.

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HERE’S THE LITTLE PLANTS OF OUR VEGETABLE GARDEN…

MALLOW

CALENDOLA

12POTATOES

RASPBERRIES

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LAVANDER

LEMON BALM

JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES

BAY TREE

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ROSEMARY

OREGANO

STRAWBERRIES

HELICHRYSUM

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PARSELY

MINT

THYME SAGE

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CHIVEFENNEL

HYSSOP RHUBARB

BORAGE 17

BASIL

RUTA GRAVEOLENS

CHAMOMILE

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VALERIAN MINT

OREGANO

INDIAN STRAWBERRIES

THE HARVEST OF THE PRODUCES:

EXPERIENCE.

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STRAWBERRIES JAM

...... WE PICK THE STRAWBERRIES…

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( A LITTLE TASTE… )

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... WE WASH THEM, CLEAN AND CUT THEM INTO LITTLE PIECES.

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WE PUT THE STRAWBERRIES IN A POT AND ADD SOME SUGAR

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WE STIR AND BOIL THE MIXTURE…

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THE JAM IS DONE! WE PUT IT INTO THE JARS (WHICH WE TURN UPSIDE DOWN)…

… AND MAKE THE LABEL.

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AND NOW THE TASTE…MMMMM…VERY TASTY!

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TODAY’S SIDE DISH IS… VALERIAN!!!

WE PICK THE VALERIAN FROM OUR VEGETABLE GARDEN.

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WE WASH IT WELL AND DRY IT WITH THE SALAD SPINNER.

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WE DRESS IT WITH SALT, VINEGAR AND OIL

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THE VALERIAN IS READY…AND TASTES REALLY GOOD!

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TODAY WE ATE THE VALERIAN WE PICKED FROM OUR VEGETABLE GARDEN… WHAT THE CHILDREN SAY:

DANIELE: IT SEEMED LIKE SALAD WITH BROWN LITTLE STRIPES. CRISTIAN: IT

TASTED GOOD I HAD ALREADY TRIED IT BEFORE.

DIEGO: IT SMELLED LIKE SALAD, I LIKE IT. VITTORIA: IPIETRO AND I

WENT TO PICK IT AND THEN WITH THE OTHER CHILDREN WE WASHED IT.

MARTA: WE DRESSED IT WITH OIL, SALT AND VINEGARMARTINA: I DID NOT

WANT TO TASTE IT

PIETRO: IT TASTED VERY GOOD, IT SMELLED GOOD AND SEEMED LIKE SALAD.

LORENZO: I TASTED A BIT.

DAVIDE: IT TASTED GOOD AND I ATE IT UP

CHIARA: I LIKED IT, IT TASTED LIKE SALAD.

HARSH: IT TASTED REALLY GOOD

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THE DRAWINGS OF THE EXPERIENCE.

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LET’S PREPARE THE CHAMOMILE TEA.

WE PICK THE CHAMOMILE AND LET IT

DRY.

WE TEAR THE FLOWERS OFF AND PUT THEM ON A PLATE..

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...WE PUT THE FLOWERS INTO HOT WATER (TOGETHER WITH SOME CHAMOMILE BAGS)…

WE ADD SOME SUGAR...

THE CHAMOMILE TEA IS READY TO BE TASTED!!!

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THE DRAWINGS OF THE EXPERIENCE.:

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LET’S DRINK WATER AND MINT!

36WE PICK SOME MINT LEAVES FROM THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

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WE WASH THE LEAVES IN THE SINK

WE PUT THE MINT LEAVES IN THE GLASS

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WE POUR THE WATER IN THE GLASS

WE POUR THE MINT SYRUP INTO THE WATER

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WE DRINK WATER AND

MINT!

THE DRAWINGS OF THE EXPERIENCE.

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THE HARVEST OF THE INDIAN STRAWBERRIES

WE TAKE SOME CONTAINERS FROM THE TOOL CHEST..

FILL THEM WITH INDIAN STRAWBERRIES…

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WE TASTE THEM…THEY AREN’T VERY TASTY!!!

BUT THEY HAVE GREAT PROPERTIES!!!

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THE HARVEST OF THE LAVANDER

WHAT A GOOD SCENT!!!!

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WE STORE THE LAVANDER... IN SEPTEMBER WE WILL USE IT TO DO WONDERFUL WORKS.

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JOW THE SEEDS IN POTS

WE MIX UP TOPSOIL AND PEAT MOSS..

WE FILL THE POTS..

….PUT THE SEEDS IN.

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SHORTLY AFTER THE LITTLE PLANTS SPROUT...CORIANDER, BORAGE, WORMWOOD

WE TAKE THE PLANTS HOME TO TAKE CARE OF THEM DURING THE SUMMER. WE BRING THEM BACK IN SEPTEMBER TO PLANT THEM IN THE VEGETABLE GARDEN47

THE EXPERIENCE TIMELINE.

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WE PLANTED THE SEEDS..WATERED… AND IN THE END THE PLANTS HAS SPROUTED

LET’S DO THE HERBARIUM

WE PICK A BRANCH FROM EACH PLANT, WRITE DOWN ITS NAME AND PROPERTIES.WE COAT IT WITH PLASTIC AND CREATE…

THE BOOK OF THE MEDICINAL PLANTS49

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SEPTEMBER 201451

THE TEACHERS AND THE CHILDREN THANK FROM THE HEART ALL THE PARENTS WHO TOOK CARE OF OUR VEGETABLE GARDEN DURIN THE SUMMER.

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AND NOW IT’S TIME TO REAP THE FRUITS OF OUR WORK…

…THE RASPBERRIES…

THE POTATOES…

THE TOMATOES ….

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THE HARVEST OF THE HERBS….

…THE SAGE

AND THE THYME…55

…THE OREGAND

AND THE MINT….

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…THE WILD FENNEL, ROSEMARY, LEMON BALM, BASIL AND THE CHIVE…..

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WE GROUP THE HERBS INTO BUNCHES AND HANG THEM TO DRY.

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THE HARVEST OF THE HERBS

WE PREPARE THE JARS DECORATING THEM…..

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WE ALSO PREPARE THE NAPKINS TO COVER THE CAPS…

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WE TEAR OFF THE LEAVES, FLOWERS AND SEEDS OF THE DRIED HERBS AND PUT THEM IN THE JARS…

… THE WILD FENNELL…62

…THE BASIL…

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….THE ROSEMARY……THE THYME…ECC. ECC.

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WE PREPARE THE LABELS…

…AND HERE’S OUR FLAVOURINGS.

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THE LAVANDER: WE PREPARE THE LINEN PERFUMERS IN BAGS.

WE DECORATE THE BAGS.66

….WE PUT THE LAVANDER IN THE BAGS…

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…..AND HERE’S THE LINEN PERFUMERS READY.

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THE PRODUCTS OF OUR VEGETABLE GARDEN, READY TO BE SOLD IN OUR CHRISTMAS SOLIDARITY STAND.

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THE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE OTHER SCHOOL COMPLEXES: THE EXCHANGES OF THE PRODUCTS OF OUR VEGETABLE GARDENS BECAME MERRIMENT MOMENTS.

THE CHILDREN OF THE KINDERGARTEN OF PORZANO, TOGETHER WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND SERAFINO, INVITE US TO

THE POPCORN AND STRAWBERRIES JAM PARTY

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WE GO TO THE SCHOOL OF PORZANO BY SCHOOL BUS AND THERE WE MEET A LOT OF NEW FRIENDS, TEACHERS AND…SERAFINO!!!

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WE PRESENT OUR STRAWBERRIES JAM AND A BIG BAG OF BREAD AS A GIFT…

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THE TEACHERS AND THE CHILDREN OF PORZANO LET US PICK SOME OF THEIR COBS…

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WE REMOVE THE LEAVES…

…AND REMOVE THE SEEDS…

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EVERYTHING IS READY TO MAKE POPCORN…

THEY’RE DONE!!!!

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  HURRAY!!! WHAT A TASTE!!!       

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NOW IT’S OUR TURN, WE OFFER BREAD AND JAM…

WE TAKE THE JAM…. 77

…AND SPREAD IT ON THE BREAD…

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AFTER THE POPCORN A SLICE OF BREAD WITH JAM IS JUST WHAT WE NEEDED!!!

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FINALLY FROM SERAFINO’S BAG COME OUT A LOT OF MEDALS FOR US ALL!!!

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THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE YELLOW SCHOOL COMPLEX AND WITH THE GREEN ONE FOR THE EXCHANGE OF THE PRODUCES…

THE BLUE SCHOOL COMPLEX GIVES THE YELLOW ONE ITS STRAWBERRIES JAM.

THE YELLOW SCHOOL COMPLEX GIVES THE BLUE ONE ITS PASSATA.

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THE GREEN SCHOOL COMPLEX GIVES THE BLUE ONE ITS FLAVOURED SALT.

THE BLUE SCHOOL COMPLEX GIVES THE GREEN ONE ITS STRAWBERRIES JAM

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AND NOW LET’S PARTY! WE PREPARE ALL TOGETHER A GREAT SNACK WITH BREAD AND JAM AND TOMATE, FLAVOURED SALT BRUSCHETTE!!!

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THE 4 E COME IN THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 8.

THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL COME TO VISIT OUR VEGETABLE GARDEN…

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THE 3 C COME IN THE AFTERNOON OF OCTOBER 8.

THE 4C COME ON THE 9 th OF OCTOBER.

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THE 5 E COME ON THE 22 nd OF OCTOBER.

THE 3 D COME ON THE 23 rd OF

OCTOBER

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WE EXPLAIN OUR WORK…

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THE CHILDREN OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL INTERVIEW US….

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WE SHOW THEM HOW TO PREPARE THE JARS OF THE HERBS…

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…AND ALSO HOW TO DECORATE THEM…

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…FINALLY WE OFFER THEM BREAD AND STRAWBERRIES JAM (OUR OWN PRODUCTION OF COURSE)!!!

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OUR PRODUCES SALE IN THE CHRISTMAS SOLIDARITY STAND.

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THE PROJECT IS FINISHED…BUT THE WORK GOES ON!

THE 3 YEAR OLD CHILDREN

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