NSS outing - Oh Chin Huat Hydroponic Farms

18.06.2011

We follow this outing ''Fun with Hydroponics Farming & Butterflies'' conducted by NSS kids club on 18th June 2011 and have a fun and enriching learning journey with them.

We have been staying in Yishun for ages and didn't know that such nice place exist. There is a small butterfly farm in there too. You can check out this website for more details on the farm. http://www.ohfarms.com.sg/

NSS kids club have a beautiful write up on our visit too.  http://funwithnature.blogspot.sg/2011/09/fun-with-hydroponics-farming.html

We are in luck to see a caterpillar pupate on this visit. It's an amazing experience.

The trip ended with each of us having 2 free packets of bai chye. We've got 6 packets in total. That's a lot to cook. heheheheh 

We are one of the earliest to arrive

Checking her HP while waiting for the guide to arrive

Just wake up look......

Almost everyone is here

A nice colourful caterpillar

They look so poisonous - but they are not

The kids spot this golden spider in the plant where the caterpillar is

  

The guide for the day

Ryan want to be a guide too... standing on stage

This is where the packing of vegetable take place.

Plant on water - this is how the roots look like

The seeds

Vitamin water for the plants

Vitamins for the plants

The green house

Germination process

Fresh from the farm - basil leave - it makes your tougue feel numb

Rice or wheat....not too sure

Strawberry plants

Ryan touching the mint leaves

This flower smell fishy. Can you guess it's name?

Full of caterpillars in the butterfly farm

A butterfly that just come out from the pupa shell.

Butterfly flying everywhere.....

a few days old caterpillar

A caterpillar pupating. It's really amazing. We stay till it have it's body half covered with shell.

Don't know what are the kids looking at.....

End our trip with this photo and we took a slow walk to Mcdonalds for lunch