14th May 2004
The Garden as it is today
The Spinach is still growing well and will flower soon. However, we will need to sow some more seeds to grow new plants if we want tasty leaves to eat. Once the Spinach flowers, the leaves will not taste as good as they did before. They do look very impressive in the garden though.
They're growing. Well, most of them...
The Radishes, Rocket and Onions are growing well. The Carrot seeds which have germinated are growing well, but we don't seem to have as many as we thought we would. They may come up soon. If not, we may have to plant some more.
Is your mouth watering already?
Radishes grow quite quickly, and with the rain and warmth that they have had, they should be ready in a few weeks. The onions are looking well, although they will need a few months to grow.
The more the merrier
Thanks to our ever growing group of garden supporters, which also include parents and relations of children in the school, we are now able to plant some more seeds. Mrs I. donated some pots to us, and Mrs. W. donated some Sweet Pea seeds, which the gardeners have now sown. Hopefully we'll have some spare plants to donate back.
You can almost hear them shout out 'Plant me!'
The seeds in pots and trays in the glasshouse have grown very well, thanks to the sun, the gardeners and Mr. S. who has very kindly made sure they didn't dry out. They are now big enough to plant out, and this week we must make some time to do this.
Things to watch out for around the garden
The Oak tree (left picture) has now turned green with new leaves. These will turn a darker green as summer comes and will provide a nice shady place to sit, underneath the tree, on a hot summer's day. The Yew tree (right picture) is looking quite spectacular with it's new light green shoots, spotted against it's old dark green leaves.
Fancy an egg anyone?
The Egg plants that grew from last year's seeds have just begun to flower. Their attractive fried-egg looking flowers are easy to spot, not just for us but also for the insects. We will be seeing a lot of small visitors to these plants this year, I am sure.
Spot the Pod
Do you remember the honesty flowers? Well, if they have been visited by an insect and have been pollinated, they will turn into a seed pod, like the one to the right. Lots of people like using these, when they have dried out and turned brown, for flower arrangements. We will use some this year for making pictures.
Spot the Hippo
The Hippo can still be seen wandering around the garden, looking for the next place to hide. He thought that he was too easy to spot last time, and he wants to make the next 'Hunt the Hippo' competition a bit more difficult. Perhaps you will find him in amongst the lemon balm? Perhaps he will be somewhere else? Who knows?
