{"id":30614,"date":"2025-11-05T17:13:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/?p=30614"},"modified":"2025-12-17T08:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:44:02","slug":"gardening-and-compost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2025\/11\/05\/gardening-and-compost\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening and Compost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week room 7 have been helping create a new garden in the school grounds. We helped add soil to some new planters which are now behind the pitches. A massive thank you to <strong>Cambuslang Bowling Club\u00a0<\/strong>for donating cores from their bowling green to fill our planters.<\/p>\n<p>We are still in the process of moving all the soil from the bowling club and would love anyone who can help us bag and move more soil to the school.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:6520,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2025\/11\/05\/gardening-and-compost\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-30614 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2025\/11\/05\/gardening-and-compost\/pxl_20251103_095526497\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170549\/PXL_20251103_095526497-226x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170549\/PXL_20251103_095526497-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170549\/PXL_20251103_095526497-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170549\/PXL_20251103_095526497-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170549\/PXL_20251103_095526497.jpg 949w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" data-attachment-id=\"30616\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2025\/11\/05\/gardening-and-compost\/pxl_20251103_095526497\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170549\/PXL_20251103_095526497.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"949,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.68&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 8 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1762163726&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003924&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PXL_20251103_095526497\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170549\/PXL_20251103_095526497-226x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170549\/PXL_20251103_095526497-771x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2025\/11\/05\/gardening-and-compost\/pxl_20251103_095534594-mp\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170555\/PXL_20251103_095534594.MP_-226x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170555\/PXL_20251103_095534594.MP_-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170555\/PXL_20251103_095534594.MP_-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170555\/PXL_20251103_095534594.MP_-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170555\/PXL_20251103_095534594.MP_.jpg 949w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" data-attachment-id=\"30617\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2025\/11\/05\/gardening-and-compost\/pxl_20251103_095534594-mp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170555\/PXL_20251103_095534594.MP_.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"949,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.68&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 8 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1762163734&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;62&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003382&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PXL_20251103_095534594.MP\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170555\/PXL_20251103_095534594.MP_-226x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170555\/PXL_20251103_095534594.MP_-771x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Room 18 came to join room 7 on Tuesday and we learned all about how we can make compost from waste fruit, vegetables and plants. We now have a composter in our new school garden &#8211; and Mrs Norton brought some worms from her compost at home to give it a little head start.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:6520,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2025\/11\/05\/gardening-and-compost\/&quot;}' id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-30614 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2025\/11\/05\/gardening-and-compost\/pxl_20251104_141509195-night\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170603\/PXL_20251104_141509195.NIGHT_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"30619\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2025\/11\/05\/gardening-and-compost\/pxl_20251104_141509195-night\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170603\/PXL_20251104_141509195.NIGHT_.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"949,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.68&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 8 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1762265709&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;43&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003691&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PXL_20251104_141509195.NIGHT\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170603\/PXL_20251104_141509195.NIGHT_-226x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170603\/PXL_20251104_141509195.NIGHT_-771x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2025\/11\/05\/gardening-and-compost\/pxl_20251104_141251777\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170559\/PXL_20251104_141251777-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"30618\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2025\/11\/05\/gardening-and-compost\/pxl_20251104_141251777\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170559\/PXL_20251104_141251777.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"949,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.68&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 8 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1762265571&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;30&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004081&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PXL_20251104_141251777\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170559\/PXL_20251104_141251777-226x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170559\/PXL_20251104_141251777-771x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2025\/11\/05\/gardening-and-compost\/pxl_20251104_143113140-night\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170607\/PXL_20251104_143113140.NIGHT_-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"30620\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2025\/11\/05\/gardening-and-compost\/pxl_20251104_143113140-night\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170607\/PXL_20251104_143113140.NIGHT_.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"949,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.68&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 8 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1762266673&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;295&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005882&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PXL_20251104_143113140.NIGHT\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170607\/PXL_20251104_143113140.NIGHT_-226x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/newtonfarm\/uploads\/sites\/6520\/2025\/11\/05170607\/PXL_20251104_143113140.NIGHT_-771x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We can&#8217;t wait to start seeing all our food waste create compost to grow some brilliant plants.<\/p>\n<p>L &#8211; I liked collecting the sticks and leaves.<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; I like doing it with room 18 and picking up all of the grass and leaves.<\/p>\n<p>R &#8211; I liked putting the dirt in the big tubs.<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; I liked spreading it out on the big planters.<\/p>\n<p>C &#8211; I like room 18 coming down to help us to pick up the sticks and leaves.<\/p>\n<p>C &#8211; I liked hiding the leaves in the planters.<\/p>\n<p>C &#8211; I liked putting the worms in their new home.<\/p>\n<p>C &#8211; I liked collecting leaves.<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; I liked picking up the sticks and leaves and grass.<\/p>\n<p>K &#8211; I liked picking leaves and sticks.<\/p>\n<p>B &#8211; I liked collecting sticks and leaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week room 7 have been helping create a new garden in the school grounds. We helped add soil to some new planters which are now behind the pitches. A massive thank you to Cambuslang Bowling Club\u00a0for donating cores from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2025\/11\/05\/gardening-and-compost\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65298,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-t","category-g"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65298"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30621,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30614\/revisions\/30621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}