Today’s sessions started with the children looking at our pond. We are very excited about the huge number of tadpoles we have but today they were difficult to spot so we engaged in a spot of pond dipping. The children were able to observe the tadpoles close up and we are looking forward to watching them change over time. We then discussed the life cycle of a tadpole and the children were quick to point out that we start with frogspawn then tadpoles before we have froglets and eventually fully grown frogs before the cycle starts all over again!

We then took a seat in our fire pit where we discussed the jobs of the day. These were planting potatoes and onions, finishing our fruit cage netting, repairing our polytunnel and putting on the new cover. There was a lot of jobs but we were all feeling very positive that we could get them finished.

The children began weeding the beds before planting their potatoes and onions. We discussed what we would have to do once the plants appear. The children thought it was rather strange that we would build up the soil around them. One of our grownups had the tricky job of trying to finish the fruit cage. We thought about what sort of animals may get in and nibble our vegetables if we don’t get it finished. We thought about butterflies, rabbits and apparently deer!

Another grownup was working on repairing our polytunnel. One of the children were keen to help and cleaned and tidied all the pots and seeds before placing the new cover on. Wow, what a difference it makes! We can’t wait to get planting now!