Seed Planting Community Impact Project (C.I.P)

Around this time of the year, winter will be starting to occur. Since we are trying to plant several types of vegetables in our school; we need to find vegetables that will stay and can survive through autumn and winter. In exact we need to find 6 seeds that we can plant.

1.Chard (55 - 65 days to mature) (16 seeds for $2.95 'online' /45 seeds'mitre10' $3.66)

(Very much like the leeks we can cut out the roots since we do not eat them and replant it.)

2. Collard Greens (60 - 80 days to mature) (

(we cut the roots again like so and can be replanted.)

3. Onions and Shallots (100 - 175 days to mature)

(Again we can cut the bottom roots and replant)

4. Parsnips (120 - 180 days to mature)

(Similarly, we can cut the top, "not the bottom" this time and replant it to reuse them.)

5.Leeks (25 - 40 weeks to mature)

(since the only eaten parts of the leeks are the top part or above the roots, we can replant the roots to reuse the roots.)

6. Garlic (9 months to mature)

(Quite different from the other plants to grow, we can take a clove and let a stem to sprout on top and then plant it in the soil so that the stem is out the soil.)

I have chosen these vegetables because they can survive through winter and they can be harvested during it. Not only that but they are very versatile vegetables and can be used in many recipes.q