A busy day!

There's always lots to do... in between rain drops!

• Stocking the Worm Farm
• Cleaning and creating new Snail Pens
• Drilling holes in lids
• Transfering Chrysanthemums (finally finished!!)
• Clearing garden beds
• Cleaning water filters
• Topping up internal tanks
• Feeding snail, silver perch
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Worms, Worms, Glorious Worms

Worms added to Worm Farm... sic!

Do'n v's Dun-4-U

The 'perfect' subject to encourage and reward '..do'n..!

When 'most' things are dun for us we get quickly 'bored'. Agriculture Technology teaches students that do'n is good and can reward us through enjoying hardwork, exercise and accomplishment.
Be a do-er NOT a dun 4-Uer!

Lift that bale, tote that barge!

Never a dull moment on the farm!

1. - book work- every farmers worst nightmare!
2. - move advanced trees to farm
3. - and STILL MORE Chrysanthemums from A Block to farm
4. - water plants
5. - check Worm Farm (populate with worms tomorrow)
6. - feed and check snails
7. * even showing a student visitor to our class.
   

Thank God I'm A Country Boy/Girl

Work! What's it good for?

Continued management and preparation of the Farm. Continued hot weather will require additional watering.
Found maggots in the Snail Pens; soil was too wet, some snails dead, added some dry potting mix to absorb moisture, removed dead snails, removed maggots.

*Will try adding some worms to assist in maintaining soil health???

Technology & Hard Work... that's what farms are made of!

Started off a double period with Blogs, Email, Google Earth- Planning Plots for the Farm then...

• - Continued clearing plots
• Fed, observed Snail Pens, fed.
• - Covered garden plot with multiple newspaper sheets to suppress weeds
• - Moved Chrysanthemums from A Block area to Farm and combined with pots from shaded area of ARC to plot
• - Created 2 rows then walking space etc. on newspaper covering.

*Will need to ensure watering is carried our daily (or more). Expected temps of 27 all week.

Good Morning Sunshine

Aggies have begun to collect seeds for planting *later this year (September).

Giant Sunflowers have been harvested and bagged upside down to allow collection of seeds.

Beware: Feeding 'Snails'

From our Canteen to the ferocious snails- the lettuce is about to be eaten alive!

Did you know Snails have teeth? Agriculture and Aquaculture classes have a regular job to collect and feed our Pens and Ponds with scraps from our Canteen. Thanks Canteen!

A GREAT activity in preparing for the REAL THING!

A GREAT activity in preparing for the REAL THING!

Building our Chook Pen (Animal Enclosure)

Working successfully as a WHOLE class group to assemble a model of a Animal Enclosure. This model will be used to plan and build an appropriate sized enclosure for our poultry. Each team will be responsible for construction of their chook pen. We WILL be attending the Wyong Poultry Auctions (3rd Sunday of each month) @ Wyong Race Course. Teams will be given $20 to bid on their stock. The auction includes: fertilised eggs, newly hatched chickens, etc. AND ducks, geese, turkeys etc. Some interest has been shown by students in purchasing exotic poultry including Silkies (Chinese)...

... more water

The soil/potting mix was resisting the waterings.

... more replanting

Almost complete... replanting was shared between all students who moved plants from smaller/temp. pots to larger pots.
Slow release fertiliser was added and all plants watered.

Is it? OR isn't it?

No rain, hot sunny weather! Chrysies need watering. All done, used 'tap key' and hose to plug into taps outside admin block and also at the farm.

Bush Fire/House Fire Preparedness

In response to the devastating fires throughout NSW, WA & VIC students have studied Farm Fire Safety.
Both Class and Homework has required students to:

• produce an evacuation plan (in conjunction with their family) for their house
• create a poster outlining the preparedness required for threat of fire

Lettuce ALL work together?

Thanks to our Canteen for the supply of lettuce leaves for our Snail farm/s. We hope that one day we will be able to supply fresh, organic, hyroponic and aquaponic lettuce to our canteen?

DIG it! Danger... Students @ Work?

Life on the farm is 'kinda' laid back... YEAH RIGHT!

Snail Farm/s Created

This one tried to escape?

Students:
* Participates in the production process of an agricultural enterprise

Going Potty...

A number of Chrysanthemums perished after planting. We transfered those surviving Chrysies in small pots to larger pots. We have begun to move our Chrysies from shade to full sun to 'harden' each plant. Thanks to all 'Wadalba Aggies' for their hard BUT rewarding work.

Chemicals on the Farm

Plants were watered with a Seasol- Seaweed Concentrate mixture. This helps to reduce stress due to planting and heat, stimulates root development and resistance to drought, pests & disease.

Drilling- Hi tech. tools for our Hi tech. Aquaculture Facility

One small hole for Snails? One giant 'step' for mankind! Please don't step on the Snails.

BCG1005A Use hand and power tools