This week has been lovely weather. Our sweet peas continue to flower.
Aimee picked a good bunch and took them to Mrs Cormack (our Head Teacher) to put in her office. She was thrilled with them.
The sunflowers look good too...not so good are the lettuces that have bolted! We need to eat the leaves and then dig over the soil.
A lazy bumble bee.
On Friday, Connorhan and Dale had an important job to do...
...round in the new fruit garden, they needed to plant another apple tree.
The soil is very poor, so we mixed compost and manure to put in the hole - not ideal as the tree will be less likely to send out roots to look for nutrients in the surrounding soil! We didn't have much choice however as it would probably have killed it to put it straight into the stony ground.
We didn't quite finish the job, as there is a special guest visiting the school next Tuesday who is due to complete it for us - Princess Anne - DiGGers are looking forward to meeting her.
We must water it regularly whilst it gets established.
Also this week, we planted up some alpine plants. We mixed compost with grit - a 50:50 mix as these plants are used to poor soil. They grow high in the mountains, often out of rocks so the soil needs to be very well drained. We must not let them sit in water when it rains!
Meanwhile, Anaya and Simona continue with weeding the path. Classes have been working hard on it and it is now looking a lot better.
Classes also planted up new containers for the Royal visit, so the entrance is now looking lovely.
Winter pansies have settled in well.
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