The greenhouse has arrived

Annette from Heritage in Schools was back today for another busy, sunny day in the garden. The new Heptagon House greenhouse has arrived, so we covered the floor with lots of cardboard to keep the grass down. This will eventually rot away and become compost. We have added bark mulch on top to create a path and potting area and will make beds for planting into soon.

Wildflowers are starting to appear in our new orchard/meadow out the front of the school. We added some Comfrey here to help keep the Apple trees happy. 

We also planted some turnips, lettuce, and potatoes and took away lots of last year's dead stems from the perennial plants. The frogspawn in the pond was examined closely, some tadpoles might appear very soon. We spotted pond skaters and diving beetles too.