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KIDSWINTER 2017

Green machines

“"Rainbow chard”"” is a type of silver beet with beautiful bright

pink, red OR yellow stems.

Every kid knows green leafy vegetables are SUPER good for us. But why?Because they contain loads of good things to keep bodies healthy, especially vitamin C. Vitamin C is extra handy in winter because the more foods with vitamin C we eat, the less likely we are to get sick with a winter cold or flu.

Did you know, the darker the green colour, the more Vitamin C a vege contains! Fancy a green smoothie anyone?

DID YOU KNOW?Silver beet is one of those veges gardeners call ‘cut-and-come-again’. When we cut the outside leaves to eat, new leaves grow out from the middle. Each plant keeps giving us new leaves to pick for months and months!

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Growing silver beet• During winter silver beet grows really

well in pots.

• Water often. Silver beet leaves are 93% water!

• Silver beet loves nitrogen. Feed your silver beet with compost plus sheep pellets, blood and bone or worm tea from your worm farm.

What’s making holes in my silver beet?Is it snails or slugs or could it be the birds? Maybe both? If you think it’s birds, cover your young plants with net until they are bigger. You can catch snails out if you shine a torch on the leaves at night.

GREEN MONSTER PIZZA

GREEN SMOOTHIE

(Enough for 4-6 mini pizzas)

For the topping: mix together 2 silver beet leaves (finely chopped or whizzed in a food processor), 1/2 cup grated cheese, 1/2 cup ricotta cheese, 1 egg.

For the base: we used mini pita breads but you could make your own pizza base or use toast instead.

Spread the topping onto the bases. Create your monster faces (you could use broccoli, olives, tomatoes, capsicum, spring onions, pineapple…) and bake in the oven until golden on top.

(makes enough for 2)

In a blender whizz: 1 orange or feijoa1 or 2 fresh silver beet leaves1 ripe banana1/2 a cup of pure fruit juice

Enviro team members, Selesa and Jacinta are proud of the Rainbow Silver beet in

their garden at Dawson Primary

cool idea Freeze your smoothie to make popsicles.