Week+6

Hello Gardeners!

You have all worked so hard in the garden over the past six weeks that I feel you all deserve the right to be called ‘Young Gardeners’.

It has been a busy time for us as we set out to establish new garden beds, plant trees and spread organic mulch and soils from one end of the site to the other end. I’m wondering if any of you have noticed your muscles are hurting a little each night after working hard in the garden. That’s a sign that your muscles are getting stronger.

Last week we worked on spreading loads of mulch around, we thank Mr Tovey for trucking in three huge piles of mulch from the schools mulch stock pile. The College’s garden team also worked really hard on our new tank area. They levelled the ground and spread more gravel so our two new tanks (that will arrive next week) will stand on secure ground. Did you notice the beautiful large rocks that have been placed around the tank site? These are being used as a retaining wall to hold the gravel and soil in place.

The seeds that were sown a week ago are slowly showing some growth. Our propagation houses are working very well.

Last Friday the primary school held a ‘Football Fun Day’. We cooked over 250 sausages in a record time! Thanks to Itzic and Mr Poss. It was a terrific day and I would like to thank everyone for supporting the garden with purchasing your sausage and drink. A BIG Thank you to Deb, Mr Hannon’s PA for organising the day and to Mr Hannon for agreeing to share this money with the garden. We will use the money to buy seedlings and plants and a new tank pump.

Happy Gardening, Sue