TUI and MEGA MITRE 10 Garden Competition

We have entered the TUI and MEGE MITRE 10 School Challenge Garden Competition 2011. We received a voucher from Tui and Mega Mitre 10 for heaps of 'free stuff' which kindergartens are always wanting due a permanent lack of funds. We got a spade, 3 trowells, a hose, hose fittings, a sprinkler, bags of garden mix and seed raising mix, seed raising trays. We are very grateful for all this garden stuff. We also got a huge box of lovely vegetable seedlings from Zealandia Horticulture free. WOW, we are very lucky. The children have been planting out lettuce and mustard plants so far but we have beans, spring onions, beetroot, and lots of silverbeet still to plant. The weather is great so it should happen next week. :)

Installing our Rainwater Storage Tank

Last Friday (12th August) Glenn the Plumber came to kindergarten to install our rainwater tank. He plumbed a pipe from the spouting to the tank, put an overflow pipe to the storm water drain just in case we don't use the water quick enough, put in two taps - one higher up so the children can get a bucket underneath and one lower at the bottom of the tank that we also want to install a hand pump and half barrel up to in time. We will use the rainwater to fill our water trough for children's play and for watering our garden. What a great way to recycle rainwater. We can't wait for the tank to fill so we can start using the rainwater. Thank you Glenn.