Year 10 students have been helping to put the polythene sheets on the poly tunnel. This went extremely well as it was a lovely still day, albeit rather chilly. They did a grand job! We have also been concreting the access path, so we have added a ramped approach to make the farm more accessible to students.
As spring approaches (not quickly enough!) Year 10 and Year 11 have been preparing vegetable plots by removing the turfs and rotavating the ground, in readiness for potato planting. The seed potatoes are being generously donated by the parents of Ellie S in 10N. At the time of writing, we are preparing three vegetable plots with each one measuring approximately 6 x 4m.
They have also added some stepping stones for the approach to the poly tunnel, which I suspect will look better once the drier and warmer weather takes hold.
We have also started planting. Students in Year 11 have just sewed 20 strawberry plants in the poly tunnel and some of the Year 10 students have been busy preparing the seed trays and pots with compost.
We plan to plant a variety of vegetables, including peas and runner beans, so if any one has any spare pea sticks and bean poles we would be most grateful to receive them. Likewise, if anyone has any surplus seeds or indeed tomato plants we would be happy to take them off your hands!
