We are making excellent progress in the school garden thanks to Melanie, Fiach and Thomas. Our new polytunnel is in place and has new bedding tunnels where broccoli, carrots, onions have been planted. There are also lots of trays with seedlings with many different vegs and herbs, such as rocket, rainbow corn, courgettes tomatos etc.

Because of the tree stumps in the dedicated veg area Melanie is working super hard to make a special kind of raised beds which is called "Hügelkultur". This is the layering of degradables, such as tree logs, branches, grass cuttings, straw and soil/compost as the top layer. Melanie hopes that this way it will cover the stumps and will accelerate the decompositioning. The end result hopefully will be that the surface area will be increased and therefore provide more space for plants/vegs.

There are lots of exciting plans for the school garden in the coming months and the children are really enjoying being outside and working in the garden. They are learning so much about planting and growing.

Thank you again to Melanie for all her time and effort.