Happy National Gardening Week 2020!

It will be rather a different National Gardening Week this year as school is "from home" during the coronavirus pandemic.  I did return to the garden today to check things over and everything is doing just fine!  See below for a few photos.

I hope my lovely pupils are managing to get out into your own gardens or do a walk outdoors each day to spot some signs of Spring.  I thought each day this week, we could have a "Word du Jour" for you to learn and talk about so here we go:

Monday - "A fine tilth" - A phrase rather than a single word but a lovely one all the same!  If you have been sowing any seeds outside recently you may well have created "a fine tilth" to sow the seeds onto.  It is the end result after you have weeded and raked to create a lovely crumbly fine textured surface to the soil.  This means there are no big lumps or stones for seeds to get caught on.  Seeds can fall on the perfectly prepared surface and germinate with ease so long as they have some water and the correct temperature of course.

Our crab apple tree is in beautiful blossom...

...as well as the tree grown in the shape of a fan.

The polytunnel beds needed some weeding.  Here are the onions before...

...and after!

The salad rocket has gone to seed so bees are enjoying the flowers...

...and the winter purslane too!

The grape vine is coming into bud in the polytunnel...

...and outside the rhubarb is well on the way!

The pansies are still alive thankfully!  They are a lovely colourful sight.  I'll keep you posted over the coming weeks and months and there will certainly be many jobs for us to do on our return to catch up with things again!  In the meantime, please stay safe, keep up your good work at home and speak to you soon on TEAMS!