Children from Leeds have swapped their classroom for market stalls to sell fruit and vegetables they have grown in school.
The youngsters have spent months growing produce from seed with help from expert gardeners as part of a food education programme.
Their hard work has paid off with a colourful crop of fruit and vegetables, including tomatoes, gooseberries, radishes and runner beans, which they have sold at the city’s Kirkgate Market.
Eight-year-old Dilet, from Armley Park primary school, admitted the carrots had not quite reached supermarket size, but added: “I’ve really enjoyed growing them, they are so cute.”
Her classmate Treasure, also aged eight, said they had sampled some of their harvest.
“We tried the radishes because there were some early growers and they tasted not so bad.”
She added they had learned the golden rule of gardening: “One thing I’ve learnt is that you need to water them just the right amount of time.
“If you water them too much they’ll drown, if you water them too little, they’ll dehydrate.”
