Well, this week I finally got the children out into the garden all week!
On Wednesday, we started to pick all the green tomatoes off the vines. They just don't want to turn red, so we put them into trays and decided to put them in a nice warm classroom to see if that works! We also put the old plants onto the compost, but by the end of the afternoon, there were still loads of plants!
On Thursday, another group came up and we planted up all our little daffodils ready to sell at Christmas (hopefully). I manage to get 4 boxes of 15 bulbs from our local Asda's which cost £10 in total. A bargain I thought! The kids couldn't believe that they had just potted 60 bulbs. We then covered them up to force them. Mr Maldonado and his class came up too - they weeded a bed and helped to clear the tomatoes for about 15 minutes - this is going to be a regular slot which is just fantastic!
Today, this little gang of helpers (below) worked in the garden and seriously tackled those tomatoes! The polytunnel is now clear, though there seems to be hundreds of fallen tomatoes on the ground, quite a few crushed underfoot by enthusiastic young gardeners!
Sarah, one of our parents, joined the team too and spent an hour weeding. Another mum, Fearne has also offered to help out too. I am really grateful to these two ladies to offer their spare time in our garden - it will make such a difference. Hope it's the start of a trend!
Another teacher with the help of Key Stage One are going to grow hyacinths in class ready for Christmas so that's another little job off the list. It's supposed to be the quieter end of the year, but I seem to have a rather long list to get through. With all these helpers, big and small, hopefully we'll get through most of it!
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| Cameron working hard while Leon supervises |
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| Edie the Singing Gardener |
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| Cameron and Reece - gardening buddies |
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| Getting rid of the tomatoes |
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| There seems to be tons of tomatoes! |
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