After a relatively sunny Easter break, we came back to discover a whole host of little shoots had appeared in our raised beds. Unfortunately, we hadn't been responsible for planting them! Yes, hundreds of little weeds had sprung up everywhere. So we set to work plucking them out. We even got the children involved at break times and luckily, there were plenty of willing hands.
During gardening club this week, the children also potted a variety of flower seeds including, sweet peas, marigolds, impatiens and nemesia. The intention is for them to provide a welcoming splash of colour in the Children's Centre garden.
The children checked on the cauliflower and broccoli seedlings that they planting a few weeks ago. They look to be doing very well and once we have ousted all the weeds from the raised beds, we should be able to plant them out.
This week, the heated propagator arrived from the Morrison's Let's Grow campaign, so next week we will be looking at what we can get started in there.
There is also good news on the watering front. It seems we are to have an external tap fitted, which will certainly make it easier to keep the raised beds hydrated.
We are still hoping to incorporate some water butts at some point though, to enable us to utilise the rainwater.
