Wednesday 29 March 2017

Updates!

A little update on what we've been doing...

The last two weeks have been spent planting seeds, labelling, putting up signs, watering and digging out. Last week the weather was cold and windy but this week we managed to enjoy a little sunshine!

Here are some photos...

 

 




 
 


 

 

Wednesday 1 March 2017

Getting the soil ready for growing...

Our club started by moving all of the manure to the raised beds - manure has all the nutrients that our plants will need to grow.

We opened all of the bags and poured it into the beds, then we mixed it into the soil which was already there using trowels, spades and our hands!

We were very careful not to waste any of the manure.

 

 

 


Next week we are looking forward to adding the labels we made to the raised beds and the poly tunnel and we're hoping for drier weather and maybe even a bit of sunshine!


This blog was written by Millie Utting - come back soon to find out what else we've been up to!

Thursday 23 February 2017

Preparing the Beds

With some of our produce needing to be planted very soon, we had to prepare the raised beds and planters.



We discussed the importance of having good soil for the plants to grow, and the best way to get rid of weeds! Some of us used trowels but we soon realised that our hands were also a tool which was equally as effective.





The hands of a hard working gardener!


During weeding, we came across a few discoveries, including seed pods, worms, centipedes, mini potatoes and Nima discovered the gardener's enemy: slugs!
We carefully relocated the slug as we didn't want it to eventually eat our produce.


















After weeding the raised beds and the potato planter pots, we added this to our compost heap. 
 





At the moment we are using some of the fruit remains from Key Stage 1 as well as paper shredding to make our compost.
When creating compost it is important to have a mixture of 'greens' and 'browns'. If you'd like to know a little more, the picture below is a helpful guide.






Wednesday 8 February 2017

Labelling...



With so much produce to be grown, organisation is key.

Yesterday we focused on creating labels for our our planters, raised beds and poly tunnel so that everybody knows what is being grown and where.


The list was very long; runner beans, potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes, strawberries, carrots, patty pan, garlic, fennel - to name a few!

We worked hard to draw pictures to help others identify the herbs/fruit/vegetables as they are growing.

After half term we'll be preparing the beds and the planters and putting our signs in the correct place.



 





Don't forget your wellies!