Draw your own version of the Incredible Edibles characters. Then, carefully cut them out and glue the characters onto lollipop sticks. This can mark the plants and let visitors to your garden, or windowsill, know which plant is which. 

You could also paint some rocks to bring some colour into your garden. Why not make them look like bees, ladybirds, frogs, or whichever garden wildlife you most enjoy.

Composting is the process of decaying organic matter. It adds a number of nutrients back into the soil. Composting is essentially nature's way of recycling and a great sustainability practice to use in your garden. Anything that was once living can be composted such as, apple peels, potato skins, grass clippings, etc.

Preparing your soil is also important. You can do this in February before your plants and seeds arrive in March. If you have a polytunnel, check out this preparing your polytunnel video from our friends at Quickcrop. 

Good food should never be wasted. If there is leftover food at lunchtime, bring it home where it can be repurposed for another meal. Leftover sandwiches can be toasted, crunchy vegetables like carrots and peppers can be refreshed in cold water and yoghurts or other dairy products can be put into smoothies. 

Fruit peels and other non-edible food waste can be put into your school's compost. For more on composting, check out the logbook, pg. 6!

Many bugs and insects can play an important role in our ecosystems. Creating somewhere for these bugs and insects to live will introduce your pupils to the nature that we live with side by side.

Noticing nature can create opportunities for learning about habitats, ecosystems, food chains and animal life cycles. Pupils will begin to understand the importance of respecting nature and the life forms that live in it. 

Use our bug hotel activity sheet to learn more. 

Collect a toilet roll holder, some string, unsalted lard and birdseed. Spread some unsalted lard on the outside of the toilet roll holder and then roll it in the birdseed. Thread the string through the centre of the toilet roll holder and tie the ends together. Hang your bird feeder high on a tree and away from any areas where cats like to hang out. 

Birds need fat in winter. The unsalted lard will supply the birds with enough energy to stay healthy during the colder months. Unsalted lard, suet or beef dripping are all suitable. The fat source must be unsalted due to the bird's small size and its inability to process human levels of salt.