We planted more seeds - alyssum white and pink, peas, broad beans, sweet peas and sunflowers. We weeded the bed at the front of the school and planted 3 more heather plants, as well as 3 primulas round the flagpole. We also cut back the raspberries and brambles ready for new stems to grow for this year's crop.
Last week our Gardening Club members planted potatoes for a competition, however it was so cold they had to wrap the bags in blankets to keep them warm!
The week before they planted tomato, sprout and cabbage seeds. They look
forward to caring for the plants and watching them grow.
A huge thank you to all of the adults who give up their time to teach our
pupils new skills. If you know someone who would like to support with this
after school club, please get in touch.
A great time was had by all at the end of year Gardening Club party. The pupils and volunteers enjoyed delicious home baking, provided entertainment by sharing their musical talents and even engaged in the can-can!
We can’t thank our inter-generational Gardening Club
volunteers enough for all of their hard work in supporting our pupils to learn
very many lifelong gardening skills.
The rain stayed away and we gathered a few raspberries as well as pegging out lots of strawberry runners to give us new plants for next year. And we tied up the nets for the winter.
We
gathered lots of tomatoes, cucumbers and a few peppers to take home.
At
the raised beds we tied up the sunflowers, we took the net off the onions and
measured it for next summer. We weeded the leeks and gave them a feed of liquid
fertiliser and then we lifted the lovely big onions. They are now on a table
and drying off so that we can take them home in a couple of weeks.
We
made sure that all the Christmas potatoes had labels attached so we would
remember our own bag.
Next
week – blackcurrant jelly!
During the summer holidays we had a few meetings. We harvested lots of raspberries, some strawberries, cabbages, lettuce, radish, lots of tomatoes and some cucumbers. We also picked 4lbs of blackcurrants (about 2Kg) and put them in the freezer so we can make jelly in the next wee while.
The gardening grannies and grandpas kept the polytunnel and the flower beds well watered, and now we are admiring the lobelia and alyssum in the tubs at the front of the school which we grew from seed.
At our first regular meeting of the term we started cutting down the raspberry canes which had fruited, and tying in the new ones ready for a good crop next year.
We planted potatoes, one bag with three potatoes each, so that we can have a wee crop of new potatoes at Christmas time.
And we weeded the raised beds, planted two bushy chrysanthemums at the front of the school, and picked lots of tomatoes and peas to take home.
Haven’t we been busy!!
Our inter-generational gardening team have lots of patience. Here they are extracting the seeds from the flower head and putting them into envelopes to sell to the keen gardeners of Houston Primary. They will also keep some of the seeds to plant next year in the school grounds. What a team!
Monday 20th September 2021
The Gardening Club members, proudly show off their Grow Your Own Potatoes, West
of Scotland certificate. Well done everyone!
