NEWS FROM THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY GARDEN
How lovely when the children call to do gardening on a Sunday & a Wednesday of half term.

They have been extremely busy planting up trays of seeds, planting a donated gooseberry bush which was no easy task and copious amounts of watering the plants during that hot spell..

(we need more rain to refill our water butt as it's almost empty & our only source for watering). We've also thinned out & replanted lots of plants.

The children are doing really well with their produce.  Our group is children-led so our planting is randomly done where they choose... no straight lines... but it works .

The children love the NEW DIG & DELVE box...lots of fun had there playing in the soil and searching for insects.  Bring your own spades and buckets etc if your children want to play.

We emptied a compost bin of our spare cardboard & found an amazing array of slugs (massive ones) wood louse & worms. The children put them in a bug catcher (with compost) to ensure no harm was done to the insects. We had a chat about how important all the bugs, insects & worms were for our soil. After our gardening session we returned the wildlife to the soil.

In our one bed some of the lilac & white flowers were falling to the ground so we made some bouquets tied with string for the children to take home....leaving plenty of flowers for the bees  too.

Busy few days, lots of fun, chatting & gardening.

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