The Potato is Planted

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Tamatea-kai-ariki a day for planting food, today is the day we will plant that potato!

No school today but that doesn't mean the learning stops.

I am up to date with my modules for the week so W and I took a walk around the neighbourhood. We were encouraged by the sounds of cows calling; we weren't able to easily spot the kau, they were too many paddocks away.

On our walk we stopped and appreciated the plant life especially stopping to sniff the rosemary and the lavender.

It was the perfect day for a hīkoi with W walking the majority of the time (a full 1.5 hours) only needing to be carried in the last 5 minutes until she spotted our letterbox. 
We were rewarded by a beautiful monarch butterfly waiting for our return down the driveway.
Always stop and smell the rosemary

Lavender exploring

A cheeky selfie never hurt anyone...

The beautiful kahuku waiting for us on our return.

The next thing we needed to tick off our to do list for the day was to plant that potato we were tasked with planting a couple of modules ago.

I had bought a bucket and a bag of soil the other day in anticipation for this day.
There were also some already sprouting rīwai that were unwillingly prepared earlier.

I stabbed some holes in to the base of the bucket for draining, I used a steak knife as the drill is still packed away.

W was eager to help with this activity, she gloved up, got her gardening gears on and got straight in to shoveling the soil in to the pākete.

We filled the bucket part way up and then planted our seed (our sprouted spud), we then filled the bucket and now we sit and wait.

The pākete is in a sheltered spot on the deck so watch this space.







A day well spent, with the sun shining we got our jobs done.















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