Wild Greens – Practical Task

• Collect some try cattle dung from cattle that graze on natural veldt areas.
• Heat a pot of river sand to sterilise it.
• Spread it out in an ice cream tub with drainage holes in its base.
• Stand the tub on a drip tray that contains a small amount of water
• Sprinkle the dry cattle dung on top of the sand and gently work it into the surface of the sand.
• Water the surface each day until the seeds in the dung germinate.
• Continue to water the plants every few days until they are big enough to identify.
• Take some pictures of your plants for your teacher toolkit and establish which of your plants are imifino.

Plant radish in your potting soil mixture that you prepared in the previous unit. Remember to take some pictures as your radish grow.