In article .com, La
Puce writes

Flower Bobdew wrote:

Well, these are high school kids - and mainly ones not renowned for
their patience or enthusiasm - so they might not take kindly to a
potentially childish sounding suggestion. However...

I didn't know the kids where high school kids! Right - what is your
time scale? I'm getting involved now!!

So I see.

Well, the time scale might shift, should the teacher involved realise
that, well, 'spring' is so-called for a reason. But these are low
ability kids, aged 15-16, many of whom could be leaving school around
Easter time.

Do you want to raise money? Once we made over 300 quids by selling
pots, bulbs and compost and showed 'one we've made earlier'. We need
more info!

Well, you might have to wait until next week for the 'more info'. This
was one of those 'does anyone know' questions thrown into the staff room
during Friday break [and I wasn't able to hang around for much of the
brief discussion] - so next week I'm likely to be able to give you more
specific time frames, etc.

I know a teacher who probably wishes that some of these still were!

What the age of the kids? You could grow hemp! For cloth off course ...
.;o)

LOL! Little do you realise how close to the mark that comment probably
was, though!

Kids gets interested with energy saving - ecological stuff these days.

If only. As I said, these are quite low ability, teenage kids, so
getting them interested in anything, other than being surly, can be
quite an achievement. Having said that, I've long advocated less rigid,
non-academic study, and it's quite possible that a few of them might
take to doing something more practical like this.

Watch this space...

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Flower Bobdew
South Facing Garden
South West: UK