The document details the challenges faced in planting and harvesting carrots, including issues with seed placement, soil nutrient depletion, and unfavorable climate conditions. Despite efforts to improve soil quality and manage watering, the hot summer and irregular maintenance affected production. Ultimately, the underperforming carrots were used for a soup-making activity in a class.

2. Sowing day…(31/03/17)
Link Class: Vocational

3. But…
• Due to the risk that seeds may not have been
well placed in the soil, at 18 April sowing was
repeated.
• Small grooves of about 2 cm deep were
realized, where the seeds were placed and
carefully covered with the earth.

4. Problem: carrots after cabbages (eventual soil nutritional depletion); we
added compost at the sowing moment, but maybe it wasn`t enough,
and/or it should be sooner, so nutrients get available to plants.
February 2017 May 19 th 2017

5. Creating spacing for
growing…(1/06/17)
Link
Class: Alternative
Curriculum Class

6. Other constraints to production:
• Climate too hot for seeds adapted to colder
climates?
• A very hot and dry summer, with many days
reaching more than 40ºC.
• Irregular and scarce watering after August 2,
when the teacher in charge went on vacation.

7. Our harvest (15/09/2017)
Alternative
curriculum
class

9. Our poor carrots…
…were used to make soup by PCA class with teacher Elsa Pouseiro.

10. Measuring lenght and weight
…processing and interpreting the data (by
Vânia Mateus, Mathematics teacher)