It’s been a while since the children did any gardening so we’ve made the most of the good weather this week and done some spring planting. The little boys got busy in the garden whilst the big kids were at school. They miss them terribly during the day so it’s useful to keep them as […]
Welcome to part nine of our series on “little green fingers”. It feels like a while since we did anything in the garden. We have a plum tree in the garden which didn’t fruit at all last year. This year however we noticed fruit appearing. Almost overnight, it seemed as if we ended up with […]
If you have been reading this series so far you will know that in part one we looked at a garden project we have been working on at school. We have been in the school garden for several weeks now and things have really changed over the last few weeks. It is starting to get […]
You might have already read ‘Little green fingers: part one’ – if not you can read it here. We have been transferring the skills the children have learnt working in the community garden at school into the garden at home. Working in the garden together is a great learning opportunity on lots of levels. Not […]