Today we revisited our allotment and were very excited to see that our pumpkins were getting very big! Not long now and we can harvest them and take them back to nursery to carve. As we are winding down the allotment in preparation for the winter months, we had lots of little jobs to complete. We split into two groups with one group working in the polytunnel and the other group working in the orchard. Our apple tree has grown an amazing amount of apples this year and we needed to compost any fallen apples.
Once we composted our apples, we shook our apple tree to see which apples were ready. We were amazed by how many apples fell onto the ground. There were lots and lots! We collected them whilst thinking about all the amazing things we could make with them. After lunch we began to work on the beds. We weeded as well as collected some of the vegetables we have been growing. Just look at our amazing turnips!
Whilst weeding, we spotted lots of different mini beasts hiding amongst the plants. The children were fascinated by them and in particular how the caterpillar moved. We looked at the different flowers and plants we could start to take seeds from. We managed to collect seeds from our nasturtium, marigolds and sunflowers. These will be dried out ready for next years growing season.
