WoodblocX kindly donated a wooden bed to the project. It was very easy to install and after filling it with an additional load of compost from Direct Aggregates in Scunthorpe we started our American Indian 3 sister bed. Take a look at the WoodblocX website they have many beds and solutions for your garden. We grew strawberry popcorn, runner beans and squashes in the one bed.

This planting technique is a little controversial, some say it works some say it doesn't but we just wanted to give it a try. The students took my outdoor tea cup and made an indentation in the soil by pushing the glass downwards. This makes the moisture in the soil come to the surface and then when the seed is placed in the hole, in theory the seed has more moisture to start growing with. The results speak for themselves really, the size of the beetroot is massive in the same length of time the much smaller beetroot had. Its a thumbs up for the French intensive way of gardening.

Using "figs" we made pyramids in the triangle beds for the runner beans to grow up. This added instant height to the project and added lots of excitement even though we planted them in the late spring. Harvesting the beans was easy and we had yellow, green, black and red. We also grew French beans, broad beans and more. Then when the beans looked finished Skie and Shinnarra harvested the old beans and started to dry them out for planting in 2012.

Of course roots cover many vegetables and these have proved much fun to grow this year. Radish was a large hit as they grow so very fast and add instant colour to the salad dish. Carrots take a little longer to grow but the multi coloured ones are the best.

Brassica's feature well in our kitchen garden. Kohl Rabi and cabbage are the two favorites and they have been grown well, cooked and eaten. In fact after Katie took the Kohl Rabi home, cooked and eat it, she returned the next week wanting more. This is a testament to the students and their great work.

Our others section is more fruit and vegetables that are a little more of the unusual. White Radish, bright red Chard, yellow and red raspberries and much more. In 2012 we will be adding to the collection of what we grow and more pictures will appear in our portfolio.

Connoisseur fruit and vegetables can cover a range of things the students have grown but mainly they are the best looking and tasting fruit and vegetables in the School Kitchen Garden. Even if the crop yield isn't high, it doesn't matter because the taste will win all.

We have had an enormous amount of fun with the potatoes. The best part of course was the harvesting but in the height of the summer they were about 1m tall out of the tallest beds we have so caused much interest. When they are lifted from the ground its pandemonium as each one is like a small prize for all the students efforts.