Our rooftop garden is not only a great outdoor learning lab, it’s also an important source of food. We are currently growing tomatoes, spring onions and amaranth in a variety of pots. The vegetables were planted in early February and are now providing lots of nourishment for our twice-daily meals.
Amaranth is a leaf vegetable that has proven to be very well suited to our garden environment. In fact, the growth has been so robust that we have been able to harvest the amaranth twice a week. We are also trying a new variety of tomatoes which look very promising.
The number of chickens has been reduced for two reasons: we harvested some birds last year for the graduation party and a disease outbreak in January killed additional animals. We currently have eight chickens that are laying eggs and eleven chicks.