How do we... grow potatoes?  

 

 

In March the children planted seed potatoes in the Nursery garden.

 

There were no signs of growth for a long time but we kept watering them.

 

Eventually green shoots began to appear.

 

 

 

With the warmer weather and plenty of water

they quickly grew into healthy plants.

 

Small flowers appeared on the plants but there were

no signs of any potatoes, that is, until we dug them up.

 

 

The children couldn’t believe just how many

potatoes were growing under the soil.

 

 

 

We took the potatoes round to show the other

classes and along the corridor to Mrs Seaborne.

 

 

 

We dug up some more potatoes and

took them inside to be washed.

 

When they were clean we cooked them

in boiling water. About fifteen minutes

later they were soft and ready to eat.

 

 

 

There are lots of different ways to eat potatoes such as, boiled, baked, mashed and chipped. 

 

Later in the week we made cheese and potato pies.

 

First we had to make pastry cases and

then cook and mash the potatoes.

 

Finally we added the cheese and put

them back in the oven.

 

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