Summer Update

OK its now over two whole weeks into the holidays and time to update you on how things are going. The allotment has been very productive since we broke up (next year we shall try to time things so they are ready two weeks earlier!). Watering is being carried out by a new automated system but its not as efficient as you lot! That said the greenhouse now has tomato plants that are full of tomatoes, Pepper plants with peppers, a cucumber plant with a cucumber and even the aubergines are flowering! Outside we have broad beans, runner beans, two types of dwarf french bean, lettuces, potatoes, carrots, courgettes, onions and peas. The herbs are also doing well and along the edge of the allotment the sunflowers are soon to flower. Back in the greenhouse the wildflower meadow plants we started in June are doing well and will be ready to transplant soon. The meadow we sowed in June is just starting to grow and the blackcurrent and blackberry bushes are now laden with fruit, I feel a fruit pick coming on for the first week back! Also coming up in September will be our contribution to the “Big Tidy Up”, organised by the Keep Britain Tidy campaign but more on this and our other plans for the new school year later.

Our First Green Flag!

Today 38 of us went outside, some to work on the allotment, some to do composting and some to look at the site for the proposed meadow and outdoor classrooms. Before that we took our newly awarded Green Flag out to take a photo and here it is! All we need now is a flagpole.

 

An Inspector Calls

Yesterday we were visited by the Eco Schools assessor to see if we had done enough to get a Green Flag award. The Action Team and representatives of the Eco Club met with the assessor as did many of the staff involved with our various Eco Projects. We won’t know the outcome until we get a letter from Eco Schools -but we think she was impressed

This Friday we hope to do a bit more planting in the allotment and finish deadheading the Daffodils after we got rained off last Friday. Next Tuesday there will be a chance to do some serious gardening after school. See Mr. Batchelor for details.