{"id":25008,"date":"2023-08-03T15:34:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T15:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/?p=25008"},"modified":"2023-08-03T15:34:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T15:34:04","slug":"sewing-the-seeds-of-potatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/08\/03\/sewing-the-seeds-of-potatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewing the seeds&#8230; (of potatoes)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113237\/DE986D41-2231-46C0-9147-CABD7C0322AA-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/08\/03\/sewing-the-seeds-of-potatoes\/de986d41-2231-46c0-9147-cabd7c0322aa\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113237\/DE986D41-2231-46C0-9147-CABD7C0322AA-rotated.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad mini 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1691055676&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DE986D41-2231-46C0-9147-CABD7C0322AA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113237\/DE986D41-2231-46C0-9147-CABD7C0322AA-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113237\/DE986D41-2231-46C0-9147-CABD7C0322AA-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25004\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113237\/DE986D41-2231-46C0-9147-CABD7C0322AA-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113237\/DE986D41-2231-46C0-9147-CABD7C0322AA-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113237\/DE986D41-2231-46C0-9147-CABD7C0322AA-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113237\/DE986D41-2231-46C0-9147-CABD7C0322AA-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113237\/DE986D41-2231-46C0-9147-CABD7C0322AA-rotated.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today we decided to grow some potatoes! We rolled two tyres from the top of the garden all the way to the bottom practising our hand to eye co-ordination and\u00a0balance. We put some top soil into the tyres and covered up the potatoes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113243\/CE2F434C-28BD-431A-8589-4373AE40CA58-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25005\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/08\/03\/sewing-the-seeds-of-potatoes\/ce2f434c-28bd-431a-8589-4373ae40ca58\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113243\/CE2F434C-28BD-431A-8589-4373AE40CA58-rotated.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"945,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad mini 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1691055838&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CE2F434C-28BD-431A-8589-4373AE40CA58\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113243\/CE2F434C-28BD-431A-8589-4373AE40CA58-225x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113243\/CE2F434C-28BD-431A-8589-4373AE40CA58-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25005\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113243\/CE2F434C-28BD-431A-8589-4373AE40CA58-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113243\/CE2F434C-28BD-431A-8589-4373AE40CA58-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113243\/CE2F434C-28BD-431A-8589-4373AE40CA58-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113243\/CE2F434C-28BD-431A-8589-4373AE40CA58-rotated.jpeg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe wrote potatoes on our tyres practising our mark making skills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113232\/CEC550FE-BF55-4E82-AC7A-817086AF917B.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25003\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/08\/03\/sewing-the-seeds-of-potatoes\/cec550fe-bf55-4e82-ac7a-817086af917b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113232\/CEC550FE-BF55-4E82-AC7A-817086AF917B.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad mini 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1691055497&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CEC550FE-BF55-4E82-AC7A-817086AF917B\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113232\/CEC550FE-BF55-4E82-AC7A-817086AF917B-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113232\/CEC550FE-BF55-4E82-AC7A-817086AF917B-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25003\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113232\/CEC550FE-BF55-4E82-AC7A-817086AF917B-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113232\/CEC550FE-BF55-4E82-AC7A-817086AF917B-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113232\/CEC550FE-BF55-4E82-AC7A-817086AF917B-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113232\/CEC550FE-BF55-4E82-AC7A-817086AF917B-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113232\/CEC550FE-BF55-4E82-AC7A-817086AF917B.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed planting the potatoes so we made a seed station, an area that the children could self select a pot and gardening tool and plant a seed to put into the green house to grow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113224\/317C43AF-40F8-4EA8-AA0E-8759CCD9F7F7.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25002\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/08\/03\/sewing-the-seeds-of-potatoes\/317c43af-40f8-4ea8-aa0e-8759ccd9f7f7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113224\/317C43AF-40F8-4EA8-AA0E-8759CCD9F7F7.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad mini 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1691054196&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0018796992481203&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"317C43AF-40F8-4EA8-AA0E-8759CCD9F7F7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113224\/317C43AF-40F8-4EA8-AA0E-8759CCD9F7F7-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113224\/317C43AF-40F8-4EA8-AA0E-8759CCD9F7F7-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25002\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113224\/317C43AF-40F8-4EA8-AA0E-8759CCD9F7F7-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113224\/317C43AF-40F8-4EA8-AA0E-8759CCD9F7F7-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113224\/317C43AF-40F8-4EA8-AA0E-8759CCD9F7F7-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113224\/317C43AF-40F8-4EA8-AA0E-8759CCD9F7F7-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113224\/317C43AF-40F8-4EA8-AA0E-8759CCD9F7F7.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We made our own label so we could recognise our pot when we looked after our seeds, nurturing them to continue in their life cycle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113255\/D7104D7E-B38E-4C4D-B550-F17D5F4947A6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25007\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/08\/03\/sewing-the-seeds-of-potatoes\/d7104d7e-b38e-4c4d-b550-f17d5f4947a6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113255\/D7104D7E-B38E-4C4D-B550-F17D5F4947A6.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad mini 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1691062324&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"D7104D7E-B38E-4C4D-B550-F17D5F4947A6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113255\/D7104D7E-B38E-4C4D-B550-F17D5F4947A6-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113255\/D7104D7E-B38E-4C4D-B550-F17D5F4947A6-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25007\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113255\/D7104D7E-B38E-4C4D-B550-F17D5F4947A6-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113255\/D7104D7E-B38E-4C4D-B550-F17D5F4947A6-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113255\/D7104D7E-B38E-4C4D-B550-F17D5F4947A6-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113255\/D7104D7E-B38E-4C4D-B550-F17D5F4947A6-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113255\/D7104D7E-B38E-4C4D-B550-F17D5F4947A6.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We hope our seeds will grow as well as our cucumber, tomatoes and peppers.<\/p>\n<p>Article 28 You have the right to education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we decided to grow some potatoes! We rolled two tyres from the top of the garden all the way to the bottom practising our hand to eye co-ordination and\u00a0balance. We put some top soil into the tyres and covered up the potatoes. We wrote potatoes on our tyres practising our mark making skills. We &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/08\/03\/sewing-the-seeds-of-potatoes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sewing the seeds&#8230; (of potatoes)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35105,"featured_media":25006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[189,5556],"tags":[447231],"class_list":["post-25008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literacy","category-outdoor-learning","tag-growing-plants-soil-flowers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/08\/03113250\/891F988B-6643-4BA7-A93E-1F7D5A905DD8.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25008"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25011,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25008\/revisions\/25011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}