New Fruit Trees and some New Faces in the Garden

 We had some new faces in the garden this week.  First years in 1W2 Tutor Group.  We have designed a new garden near the school building, but are not quite ready to start building it yet.  We applied for free fruit trees from the "Grounds for Learning" charity and they arrived this week - along with harsh frosty weather!

 On Tuesday, they weeded the ground...

 ...the trees arrived on Wednesday...

 ...two plum trees and six apple trees to create an orchard...

...so on Thursday, we "heeled them in" which means we dug a trench and covered the roots with soil to protect them from drying out or getting frosted until we are ready to plant them properly.

 We thought a layer of straw would help to keep them warm too!

Meanwhile, the DiGGers were busy cutting back the wild flowers and weeding the ground in readiness for re-sowing in Spring.  Danielle also collected some seed that was still in the pods and Callum cut back the willow seat some more.  We will keep the cuttings either to re-plant as trees or use to weave mini raised beds.