Published 23/01/20, by Louise Swift
Spring Term Meteors get digging!
Our new Meteors ECOteam spent an hour today tidying our ECOgarden, herb garden and newly laid hedge, ready for Spring's new growth.
Read MorePublished 21/11/19, by Louise Swift
New Hedge laid
Great job Meteors and helpers, as today we planted around 150 young hedge plants at the top of the drive. What a shame I can't persuade the photo to turn the right way up! (Technology!)
Read MorePublished 26/09/19, by Louise Swift
Autumn Term harvest
Meteors were delighted to pull up handsful of gorgeous (but rather tangled!) carrots and a couple of good-sized onions to give to Carol (our school cook) and the kitchen team to add to school dinners last Friday.
Read MorePublished 20/06/19, by Louise Swift
More school dinners grown
Leeks and an onion were last week's delivery from the ECOgarden to our school kitchen. Several children have told us that they tried and liked our veg!
Read MorePublished 20/06/19, by Louise Swift
Vegbox jobs today!
Today we thinned out our carrots, weeded our vegbox and created a new salad garden to hang on the front of our vegbox, made out of plastic bottles that Mrs Swift found in a bin on her maths course yesterday! We also used plastic bottle tops to make some fruit and vegetables to decorate our box. Here...
Read MorePublished 16/05/19, by Louise Swift
Busy busy Meteors
More veg planted today. Mrs B had sent us some tomato and courgette plants she had started off at home for us, and another of our Spring Term Meteors had brought their seedlings in to plant up.
Read MorePublished 02/05/19, by Louise Swift
Planting up our Vegbox
Today the Summer Term Meteors got together for the first time. We filled our new vegbox with compost and started to plant out the small plants we have been growing in pots.
Read MorePublished 04/04/19, by Louise Swift
ECOgarden update
Meteors played and worked in the woodland area and ECOgarden today. Some chose to explore and play with their friends, while others chose to help with jobs including weeding, planting potatoes and pansies, tying up our thornless blackberry plant and trimming and tidying up the herb garden. Here are...
Read MorePublished 04/04/19, by Louise Swift
Seedlings started
Over the last couple of weeks Meteors have each planted and taken home to get started, 2 different pots of seeds from a wide choice of veg plants.
Read MorePublished 28/02/19, by Louise Swift
Spring has Sprung!
Meteors enjoyed some early spring sunshine this afternoon, seeing what was sprouting in our ECOgarden.
Read MorePublished 13/02/19, by Louise Swift
new portable veg bed
We are very excited to be developing a portable vegetable bed, which may be lifted and taken to the Yorkshire Show in Summer 2019 if it is judged as a finalist.
Read MorePublished 18/10/18, by Louise Swift
onions planted
Today we planted onion sets ready to over-winter, as well as some cornflowers we had been given to plant in our recycled garden. Now our old wellies, shoes and a teacup are blooming lovely!
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