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RAXI MAXI'S TOP 10 COMPOSTING TIPS - WICKED!

Did you know compost is nature's way of recycling? In nature plant and animal materials are decomposed by micro-organisms, worms and bugs to make a humus rich organic material similar to forest litter.

Check it out next time you are in the bush, look under foot, just beneath the surface and you will find natures very own plant food - COMPOST. We think this is amazing, so have come up with a very cool list of our Top 10 Compost Tips!

Download our Cool Kids Grow Top 10 Compost Tips, it's free! Save it in your CKG folder, or print it out to share with your friends, pupils and family.

Don't forget to print in black and white and the paper can be recycled back through your compost!

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Learning to Make Compost - Easy as ABC! (Page 1)

Learning to make compost is as EASY AS ABC! It's heaps of fun, great for the environment and educational too! Making compost is inexpensive and recycles the waste from your garden and kitchen.

A is for Aerobic – Find out how to use oxygen to decompose your compost!

B is for Bugs – Discover the gizillions of bugs and micro-organisms working like crazy to make your compost!

C is for Carbon – Compost is made of a mix of carbon and nitrogen ingredients.

So find out how AWESOME making your own compost can be and download for free 'How to Make Compost - Page 1'.

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Learn to Make Compost - Easy as ABC! (Page 2)

Find out how ingredients like brussel sprouts are even good for the compost! Learn about the decomposition process of composting and the important role that bugs and worms have to play.

Discover how beneficial your compost can be to the garden and find out all the amazing things you can do with compost - like making your very own seed raising mix. All this and heaps more on Page 2 of How to Make Compost. Download it here, it’s free!

Create a folder: CKG Growing Activities and save these How to Make Compost Activity Sheets to your folder. Not only will you be helping the environment, you will have more money to buy seeds!

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RAXI MAXI'S BACK TO THE PATCH TICK LIST

Check out Raxi Maxi's Back to the Patch Tick List! Packed full of awesome tips to get your garden back into top shape after the holidays.

Create a folder: "CKG Growing Activities" and save this check list to your folder. Not only will you be helping the environment, you will have more money to buy seeds!

Raxi Maxi has fantastic tips on Weeding - "Dig in and weed out any unwelcome visitors that have popped up in your absence! Feeding – "Plants get hungry too! Give your garden a big boost by applying worm wee, compost or a liquid fertiliser like comfrey tea."

For these tips and LOADS MORE download your free copy of Raxi Maxi's Back to the Patch Tick List below and tick them off as you go!

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Raxi Maxi’s Pumpkin Soup

To make Raxi Maxi's Pumpkin Soup you will need:
• 1 pumpkin
• 1 large carrot
• 1 large onion
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• Salt & pepper
• 3-4 cups chicken stock
• ½ cup sour cream & fresh herbs
Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Remove top inch of pumpkin with stem (this is the lid). Place whole pumpkin in a baking dish and bake until tender (45-60 minutes). Scoop out the seeds, then the cooked pulp of the pumpkin. Fry carrot and onion, until soft, to this add the pumpkin pulp, nutmeg, chicken stock, salt and pepper. Simmer for 20 mins. Allow to cool before pureeing. Return soup to pot, heat through and then spoon into the pumpkin shell. Add a swirl of sour cream and fresh herbs from your garden. YUMMY!

Make a Jack-o'-lantern Pumpkin Head!

Make Your Very Own Spooky Jack-o'-lantern Pumpkin Head!

You will need;

• 1 pumpkin
• An adult to help you.

Cut a lid at the top of the pumpkin around the stalk. Scoop out the seeds and stringy bits with a big spoon. Then draw a scary face on the front of the pumpkin and ask an adult to help carve out the face of your Jack-o-‘lantern.

Light up the inside of your Jack-o’-lantern with a small candle, turn out the lights and WICKED! You have now made your very own Spooky Jack-o'-lantern Pumpkin Head!