Recently, Duncan Wight and his team from Trees are Us came into school.
They cut branches from the beech trees that were overhanging the poly-tunnel to make it safer in windy conditions.
Duncan also showed S4 pupils the equipment and machinery...
...and spoke about working as a tree surgeon.
The team shredded lots of the branches...
...and left us a lovely pile of wood-chips! We can use this for composting in the RIDAN hot composter and mulching our borders.
We also took some of the larger logs and made a "bug pile" in the wildlife area.
In other news, we had a visitor from Meldrum Academy. Ashley Gallacher hopes to co-ordinate gardening activities there and came to see our set-up and get ideas. Good luck to her and to pupils at Meldrum in building your own garden - hope you enjoy gardening as much as we do!
Also, it's that time of year again - Potato Day! Miss Swallow attended the Transition Black Isle Potato Day event on Saturday 2nd March to help out. They were happy to donate a wonderful selection of seed potatoes for the school garden - Thank You!
This means we can grow many different varieties this year. We are also selling a few to raise money for the garden :)
Also our "garden lady" was looking a bit worn from the winter rains so Mrs Kershaw is working with pupils to re-paint the legs and feet. Watch this space for a restored brighter look!
Meanwhile the crocuses are looking good inside the warmer atmosphere of the poly-tunnel. Lovely to see their colourful blooms emerge!
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