Many Hands Make Light Work

8th June 2016

We had a visit today from the Autism Specialist School group, which means, many eager hands looking for jobs to do. Just what we need in the garden! There are plenty of projects to do.These are hanging baskets which are being filled with different nesting materials; mosses, twigs, animal fur and dried grass. We hope that the birds will visit these to gather materials for their nests.

This is a simple feeder for butterflies or birds, who need a drink in this hot weather

And these pots were painted by the students, to make a colourful addition to our planting displays. Painting is a popular activity with this group, our cable reel table is also getting a makeover!

A group of the students were also very busy with the wheelbarrows this week, helping us to fill up the raised beds with manure, so that we will be able to planting them, but more about that next week. 

Meanwhile on the allotment......

Our first strawberries are ready,

The potatoes are growing really quickly, these needed to be earthed up, to have the soil pulled up around the stems, to that the developing potatoes under the ground don't turn green from the sunlight.

 The raspberries are developing nicely....

And the gooseberries are coming on well too.

Along with the blackberries that are growing along the hedge it looks like there will be plenty of fruit coming from the allotment this year.