{"id":7440,"date":"2021-04-14T14:07:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T14:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=7440"},"modified":"2023-04-20T10:57:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:57:01","slug":"sustainable-food-growing-soil-worms-and-compost","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/sustainable-food-growing-soil-worms-and-compost\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Food Growing &#8211; Soil, Worms and Compost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These 3 elements are essential for a healthy, balanced growing environment.\u00a0 They are also useful contexts for learning within the Curriculum for Excellence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.owlscotland.org\/images\/uploads\/resources\/files\/World_beneath.3May16web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Beneath Our Feet\u00a0<\/a>was created in response to the 2015 the International Year of Soils and brings together learning resources to support learning and awareness about our soils in the context of CfE<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk\/Resources\/Class-growing-topic\/Earth-Matters?returnUrl=%2Fresources%2FFind-a-resource%3F%253Fso%3D0%26pi%3D0%26ps%3D10%26f%3D1,8:\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RHS Growing Topic &#8211; Earth Matters<\/a> provides IDL activities and supporting information for teachers and learners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Earthworms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These fascinating creatures and often easily found in school grounds. Resources<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhet.org.uk\/media\/1479\/go-wild-for-worms.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go Wild for Worms\u00a0<\/a>can be used to introduce worms and their role in ecosystems<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/opal\/surveys\/soilsurvey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OPAL Soil and Earthworm Survey<\/a> was created to find out more about soil and earthworms.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/uploads\/sites\/11891\/2020\/03\/23152331\/LIT-P4-B1c.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Build a Wormery &#8211; Instructional Writing<\/a> COACh lesson plan explains how to make a mini, temporary wormery so that worms can be studied up close over a period of a few days.<\/li>\n<li>Instructions for a more permanent wormery\u00a0 are given at <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/uploads\/sites\/11891\/2021\/03\/09172828\/TCV-Green-Gym-Make-a-compost-Wormery-in-a-raised-bed.pdf\">TCV Green Gym &#8211; Make a compost-Wormery in a raised bed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/uploads\/sites\/11891\/2021\/03\/09172828\/TCV-Green-Gym-Make-a-compost-Wormery-in-a-raised-bed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click to access TCV-Green-Gym-Make-a-compost-Wormery-in-a-raised-bed.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Compost<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make your own &#8211; RHS Campaign for School Gardening <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk\/Resources\/Class-growing-topic\/Earth-Matters?returnUrl=%2Fresources%2FFind-a-resource%3F%253Fso%3D0%26pi%3D0%26ps%3D10%26f%3D1,8:\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RHS Growing Topic &#8211; Earth Matters<\/a> includes a section on making your own compost.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerowastescotland.org.uk\/?trk=organization-update_share-update_update-text\">Zero Waste Scotland<\/a> have produced excellent tips and videos for composting food and garden waste at home (or at school!) <a href=\"https:\/\/wasteless.zerowastescotland.org.uk\/articles\/easy-guide-to-composting-home\">Guide to Composting<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Buying compost &#8211; Some composts contain peat; peat harvesting destroys peatland habitats and contributes to climate change; buy peat free compost.<\/li>\n<li>Local authority composting schemes &#8211; Local food and garden waste collections are used to create compost; this compost is free; to find out more about the system in East Ayrshire see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk\/Housing\/RubbishAndRecycling\/Recycling\/Recycling-Composters\/Composttogo.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EAC Compost information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These 3 elements are essential for a healthy, balanced growing environment.\u00a0 They are also useful contexts for learning within the Curriculum for Excellence. Soil World Beneath Our Feet\u00a0was created in response to the 2015 the International Year of Soils and brings together learning resources to support learning and awareness about our soils in the context &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/sustainable-food-growing-soil-worms-and-compost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sustainable Food Growing &#8211; Soil, Worms and Compost<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20798,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7440","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7440"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8434,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7440\/revisions\/8434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}