9+AGR

This page is for the year 9 Agriculture and Horticulture students

It is still under construction


 * __Special Notices__**


 * __Course Contents 2008 - Topics__**

A. __Horticulture__

1. The Vegetable Garden. Use our new Hot and Shade house now with automatic watering
 * planning a garden
 * prepare a garden
 * sow seeds in a garden

2. Tools for the garden

3. Sow seeds in a container. We will have a new propagating hot bed to germinate YOUR seeds
 * achieving even germination
 * pricking out
 * hardening off
 * transplanting

4. Soft wood cuttings

5. Use of fertilisers

6. Harvesting

7. Annual operations of an Orchard


 * B.** __Agriculture__

1. Farm types in New Zealand and where they are found
 * dairy
 * sheep and beef
 * mix cropping
 * others

2. What happens on a dairy farm
 * annual operation
 * daily operation

3. What happens on a sheep and beef farm

4. Farm machinery

5. Farm animals
 * Beef
 * dairy
 * sheep
 * deer