Hi everybody<\/p>\n
You know how adults always talk about sustainable farming, growing your own food and stuff like that? We don\u2019t think that it applies to us \u2013 but it does, you know. There is nothing to stop us growing our own stuff to eat.<\/p>\n
Like beans.<\/p>\n
Beans are really easy to grow. And it\u2019s fun to watch them grow too. Better still, those little beans (when they are about 7 cm long) are really good to eat raw. They taste a million times better than the big ones your mom cooks for dinner.<\/p>\n
You get two types of beans \u2013 pole beans and bush beans.\u00a0 You can buy bean seeds at places like Checkers<\/a> or Pick \u2018n Pay<\/a>. Maybe it\u2019s a plan to club together with your friends, buy a packet of seeds and share them.<\/p>\n Back to the beans \u2013 pole beans grow tall and need something to lean against, like a stick or a wall or a trellis or something. Otherwise they get all tangled up and are not such happy chappies.<\/p>\n Bush beans grow in a little bush and don\u2019t need to have a stake like pole beans do.<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t have a nice piece of ground, you can grow your bean(s) in a container. You can even use a 2 liter cool drink bottle. Just cut the top off (get a parental agent to help). \u00a0Cut it quite high up so you can have more soil and there is more space for the roots. Make some little holes (using a nail) in the bottom for the water to drain out.<\/p>\n Stick your finger into the soil up to the second knuckle. Put your bean into the hole and cover it up gently with soil. Give it a little bit of water.\u00a0 Beans don\u2019t like too much water so be careful not to drown it. If you leave it on the windowsill or outside in the sun you will need to check that the soil is always a bit damp \u2013 don\u2019t let it get too dry or it won\u2019t grow.<\/p>\n After about five days you will notice that your bean has begun to sprout. Once they start growing, they grow really quickly.<\/p>\n It\u2019s great fun to watch plants grow.<\/p>\n \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n Cool word for the week:<\/p>\n Word:\u00a0 dodgy<\/p>\n Meaning:\u00a0 unreliable or dishonest<\/p>\n Example: The weather forecast is often dodgy \u2013 you never know if it is actually going to rain or not.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PS \u2013 you can visit http:\/\/www.sibo.co.za\/page13.html<\/a> for more info about Sibo and the Veggie Bed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi everybody You know how adults always talk about sustainable farming, growing your own food and stuff like that? We don\u2019t think that it applies to us \u2013 but it does, you know. There is nothing to stop us growing our own stuff to eat. Like beans. Beans are really easy to grow. And it\u2019s … Continue reading “Full of beans”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,10],"tags":[15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}