Decomposition

We asked Dugan to talk to us about decomposition.

We found leaves that had just fallen down from the trees.

 Underneath was another layer of leaves that were going rotten.

Dugan told us they were probably from last year.

There were lots of little insects running around,

slaters and centipedes.

When we dug down further there was very good soil.

All the old leaves had decomposed.

The soil was full of good food for the garden.

There were lots of worms.

Dugan took us to the Wormbins to show us how they work.

 They were very smelly!

Dugan said "If it is smelly it is NOT ready to put on our gardens."

He dug down under the worm food and....

 wonderful, rich compost.  Ready to go in our gardens,

and lots of worms!

 We decided to make a worm farm for our classroom.

 

We got some good soil and worms from Dugan.

We followed the Journal Story Room 14 told us about.

 Now we have our own class Wormbin.

 Our worms love chopped up, sweet and juicy feijoas!