A great day for gardening – not too hot and not too cold.
Just a bit of a breeze.
We divided into groups again.
One group helped Mrs Thomson and Miss McKenzie to stake up
some of the wee trees we had planted as a hedge. They had got knocked over by
the wind and (we think!) by footballs. So we hammered in the stakes and tied
them up properly.
We all looked at the lovely blossom in the “orchard” and we
are hoping for some nice apples in the autumn. If the wind blows too hard of
course, the blossom will be blown away before the fruit has a chance to “set” –
so we are keeping our fingers crossed.
Another group planted some lily bulbs in the middle of the
daffodils. They should make a lovely show of colour in the summer. Next week we
need to plant some nasturtium seeds to give some nice colour at ground level as
well, because the lilies grow quite tall.
And a third group planted annuals along the fence. These are
low growing and should fill up the border where the sweet peas are growing higher
up. We planted lobelia and alyssum (blue and white respectively).
Some of us decided the sand play area could do with a bit of
a clean up so the sand was shovelled out of the boats and cars for the smaller
children.
We also noticed that the carrots in the courtyard – the
seeds we had planted in the old bin liner – had just started to show through.
And all our strawberry plants seem to have survived. Hooray!
We looked at the strawberries and saw that the flowers had
begun to appear – and also the tiny wee buds on the raspberry canes. So we can
hope for a good crop from each of these.
We all went up to the beds that had been put up for a
“Digging for Victory” project last year. There were lots of fruit trees but the
ground was very overgrown and there was a steep slope (not very safe). We
thought we might be able to get the beds organised again by strimming the grass
and making the slope a bit safer – so something to look forward to next year.
That would give us more space in the raised beds for cabbages and sprouts where
the raspberries and strawberries are just now.
Next week is an in-service day so we won’t meet for another
two weeks. Hopefully there will be lots of seeds through and we can maybe plant
the tomatoes and cucumbers and peppers in the green house.
