Spring Gardening 2024

EAST GIPPSLAND NEWSPAPERS | 9 Gardening WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2024 Leum Watkins East Gippsland Specialist School Q1 - Pull your weeds out when needed and spray weeds so they don’t grow back. Q2 - Don’t plant the wrong plants (for the season) and don’t skip watering. Romy Prep, Metung Primary School Q1 - Put chicken poop in the garden. Q2 - If you are picking a leaf, hold the plant steady so you don’t pull it out accidentally. Sanaya, Olivia and Lily Grade One, Metung Primary School Q1 - Add horse, cow and rabbit poo to the garden. Q2 - Don’t put cat or dog poo as it’s bad for the plants. Hazel Prep, Metung Primary School 4 6WLFN \RXU ȴQJHU LQ the dirt and if its wet, you give water. Q2 - Don’t give too much water or the plants might drown. Tilly Grade Three, Metung Primary School Q1 - Look for seedlings that have popped up on their own over winter. Q2 - Don’t pull out a plant before you check what it is Chelsea Grade One, Metung Primary School Q1 - You can eat snow pea leaves. Q2 - Don’t take all the bugs out of the soil, they are good for it. Ida Grade Two, Wild Cherry Steiner School Q1 - Digging out all the weeds and replacing them ZLWK ȵRZHUV Q2 - Letting them have too much sun and shrivelling up.

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