As we opened the gates to the allotment this week, we were shocked by the growth of all the lovely fruit and vegetables but also by the number of weeds in just a week!

We popped on our wellingtons and waterproofs and decided to plan a list so we knew which areas we should tackle first.

Even though we have had lots of rain it has also been very warm so the tomato and cucumber plants in the poly tunnel and greenhouse were very dry, so this was priority and we set off watering them.

The next job on the list was to save the potato plants and onions from the ever-growing weeds. Before we knew it we had bucketful's of weeds and the compost bin began to fill up.

Weeding was hard work and our tummy's began to rumble so our next job was lunch which everyone enjoyed!

After lunch some of the children wanted to pick strawberries and it did not take long to fill a big pot ready to bring back to nursery! I wonder what we can make with those this week?

Joseph noticed that the leaves on some of the potato plants were turning yellow, he questioned why? Lisa explained that the potatoes were ready to harvest when the leaves changed colour which Joseph was thrilled about and quickly collected a trowel to begin digging out our first potatoes of the year.

He collected them in a pot and put them next to the strawberries and called his friends to look at the harvest we had already!

Time was passing quickly, and we still wanted to re pot some of the big strawberry plants and plant the remaining cabbage plants in the new beds.

Nyla, Anna, and Joseph helped to dig out the strawberry plants and move them to the big pots where Tara helped to replant them. Luke, Rishaan, Rupert and Jesse began planting the cabbages taking care when pushing them into the soil.