Well, I'm back from my travels to Slovakia and I had a wonderful time. I am now in charge of the International blog too, so check that out next week for more details of our adventures!
So we were back in the school garden in quite decent weather (though not quite the 24 degrees in Slovakia - sorry I didn't bring any of it back!) There seemed to be millions of jobs - watering, weeding and planting.
Stanley, Macauley and Joshua weeded the polytunnel as it looked like we were propagating dandelions!! Robert and Leon got rid of some dead plants and emptied the old tomato bags. There was a gang planting up some daisies that Mrs Wright had given us and Rowan and Codie did a brilliant job pruning the herb garden! The teachers have also been up there in my absence and Mr Gamble and his class of gardeners have been weeding the beds and busy sowing seeds. It all helps, believe me!
The rhubarb has suddenly shot up, so one of the boys took some home for his mum, a visiting teacher took a bag home and so we made a sign with "RHUBARB FOR SALE TOMORROW" and advertised it in the playground at home time. We heard lots of parents talking rhubarb and even got advanced orders!!! Brilliant.
The bonus was spotting a female duck sitting in our pond, who later had a swim! Don't know if there's a Mr Duck and whether we might have the patter of tiny webbed feet later on!! The kids all crept up and had a peek which was lovely. Later I disturbed two Jays in the greenhouse. It was all happening this afternoon!
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| Our resident duck |
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| Mrs Duck having a swim |
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| Teiser, Leon and Antonio using our compost! |
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| Leon and Robert doing a sterling job |
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| Matthew promoting our rhubarb sale |
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