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A lovely day in the garden.

It has been a very busy day in the garden today. Kate from BCEP came to talk to us about installing a bog garden below the slope where the fruit trees are planted. If all goes to plan (and with the help of some willing volunteers) the bog garden will be dug in early September.

We also have a very exciting delivery. Lots of lovely logs. The guys from Eldwick Joinery Service have been beavering away, building a log circle, stepping stones, den building posts and a fabulous log 'throne' seating area. Piccies to follow.

Groups of children from each class came out to join us in the garden and carry out some maintenance. There was lots of weeding, feeding and watering to do. We also sowed some more radishes and some spinach and carrots.

The children in Year One were excellent pest detectors and managed to spot some caterpillar eggs on the brassicas.

Weeding and Label Making

Over the spring bank holiday, a delightfully quaint fence was erected around our veg beds. It has really helped to stop the children using the beds as a climbing frame, shame it can't keep the pigeons at bay too!!

Our veggies planted in May are making good progress, with some strawberries already ripening.
However the weeds are doing rather well too.
Today, the children tackled some of the many weeds that have shot up since the recent spell of sunshine and showers. There is plenty more weeding though.

The KS2 Gardening Leaders have been busy making labels for our veg beds. They have been using the Internet to search for interesting facts about our veggies.

When the Garden Leaders have finished typing up their labels the KS1 garden club members are going to illustrate them with some lovely drawings.