On Wednesday this week, we took all the runner beans out of their dried pods...
...as you can see, we got loads! We'll store them somewhere dry and plant them next Spring.
Amy took a picture (and yes, the shed is quite messy behind us! It has now been tidied so we have a little more room to move!) We also planted some of our conkers in pots and put them outside in the rain.
Sowing more wild flower seeds on Thursday (mixed with sand) which hopefully will come up next Spring. We really want some lovely colour to attract the butterflies and bees. The others were off watering the barrels by the front school entrance. It was a very wet week, so we haven't yet cropped all our potatoes and chard - hopefully next week!
We had an extra meeting on Friday, for Katy Green to visit us. She is from the Conservation Volunteers group and brought a map to show us plans for a Community Garden. It will be just across the road from school, so we are keen to help out with the planting and maintenance in future. The focus is for it to be a wildlife garden with a dipping platform beside ponds, a boardwalk, lots of trees and wild flowers with long grass etc - watch this space for news next Spring!
After the meeting, we all had a go at playing conkers! It was great! We were not very good aims though and there was lots of laughter!
Danielle takes aim at Mr Macfarlane's conker...
...then he takes his turn.
Miss Swallow takes aim...
...one conker starts to crack! We had some more donated (thanks Primrose) so can string them up for more fun next week!
You might be wondering about the "burnt-sugar-scented-leaves" in the title? Well, Connorhan has been familiarising with the tree
Cercidiphyllum japonicum which we had been told has a fabulous "candy-floss" smell in the autumn. We went out into the rain on Friday to test the theory, but the tree was pretty bare! We tried our luck however and crushed a tiny leaf each that was left on the tree and "wow!" they really did smell of burnt sugar!
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