Today we started visits back to our allotment and we were all very excited. We collected our bags of compost, potatoes and onions from our local allotment shop on the way. When we arrived we decided to tackle the vegetable beds and orchard area. We have big plans to turn our orchard into a quiet space where we can rest under the fruit trees and also picnic there in the summer months. We started by raking back lots of the old weeds and grasses before collecting in all of the stones and bug homes which had been placed there in the previous year. We cut back some of the overhanging branches to create a beautiful space we can enjoy as a group in the coming months. It took a long time to clear everything back and eventually we came to the last block of wood. As we lifted it, we spotted something! It was a small nest made of wool. Who could live there? We decided it may be a little mouse home so chose to place the wood back down. We then moved back a piece of grass and to our amazement spotted a little hole in the soil. This confirmed our suspicions, we have a little mouse living under our tree in the orchard. The children also spotted a strange bug crawling along the floor. After some research we found it was a two tailed bristletail!