This week, we rescued the willow seat from being overtaken by nature!! Below you can see the "before picture" and above the "after". We cut the willow shoots from the front and wove others into the back of the structure. We also topped it up with more soil so now just need the wood lengths to sit on - watch this space!
"There's a seat in here somewhere!" 
Also, we had a bit of a disaster during the week, as two classes are now using the garden. One group of pupils got a bit keen with weeding and pulled up our squash plants by mistake! You can see the leaves on top of this pile waiting to go on the compost! Oh dear! The staff are now making sure that any weeding is on the paths, as the classes will look after their own raised beds, and we'll keep maintaining ours! 
"There's a seat in here somewhere!" Also, we had a bit of a disaster during the week, as two classes are now using the garden. One group of pupils got a bit keen with weeding and pulled up our squash plants by mistake! You can see the leaves on top of this pile waiting to go on the compost! Oh dear! The staff are now making sure that any weeding is on the paths, as the classes will look after their own raised beds, and we'll keep maintaining ours! At least one squash plant is left!
Oh, dear! A pity about the squashes ... what will happen to the Contest?
ReplyDeleteAnd do you need more seeds? I can get you some for next year's planting, because the Winter Squashes are about to come into the local supermarkets.
Well luckily the official contest this year is the walking stick cabbages! We still have seeds left from the ones you sent us last year. They have been kept in a cool dry place, so do you think they'll be okay for next year? I think so! We can try sowing plenty and see how many germinate. The success rate was good this year. Lewis took some plants to grow a home in his polytunnel and I had a couple too. Thanks again for them!
ReplyDeleteI think they'll last alright ... seeds are sorta designed to last until conditions are right, and then be highly opportunistic. The ones that didn't follow that rule didn't survive.
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