Sunshine at last!

We have had some glorious weather today and made the most of it by getting out in the garden. The year four gardening team joined me for a spot of weeding,watering and planting. We began by removing the grass and other weeds from the bog garden. The flag iris and watermint are growing well. The new addition  to the bog garden planted by the Early Years children last week looks right at home. Once the children had removed all the weeds, they gave they bog garden a thoroughly good soaking.

Next we moved on to the vegetable garden where there was yet more weeding to be done! We took time to pause by the herb bed and explore all the textures and smells. Ella-Mae loved the smell of the rosemary, whilst thought the thyme smelt the best. The chocolate mint was a winner with everyone.

Once the weeding was finished, we planted some peas and runner beans along with some colourful marigold plants.
The leeks that we had planted in the winter had grown to an impressive size, so the children harvested them and will deliver them to the school kitchen tomorrow.

The sunny weather is set to last a few more days, so hopefully we can take advantage of the sunny spell to plant some more delicious vegetables.