Tuesday 24th May 2016

Our contract for the allotment arrived today! We now have a big, open space to grow lots of good, wholesome food for our school. As you can see, we are going to have to put on our long trousers and take a scythe with us to chop down the jungle that has grown. Hopefully there are no elephants hiding in the long grass! However ..........

....there ARE lots of wildflowers growing there. As a part of our science we have been investigating the structure of plants so when we do have to dig over our plot, there will be a wonderful opportunity to study the growth of plants beneath the soil! We are also investigating pollination so maybe we can just sit quietly and watch which insects visit our wild flowers before removing them! Weeds are plants too, just growing in the wrong place!

 

The allotments at Wenhaston are SO well cared for. Look at all the lovely rows of plants in the plots beyond ours. No pressure class 3 but I think we need to get cracking before we unintentionally create a 'Wenhaston Rainforest'!