This week the children were ready to get busy as soon as we arrived however we were faced by something we have never had to deal with before (even the grown-ups weren’t sure what to do). We found that our allotment had been taken over by hundreds of baby frogs. They were everywhere! The children were on hand to move the frogs to a safer spot as we got busy. Our plan was to get some new vegetable beds built however every time we began weeding, another frog popped out! Then we found a huge frog who did not want to be moved. He sat quite happily watching what we were doing.

We eventually moved as many frogs as we could so we could get on with planting and vegetable bed building. The children helped to keep the weed membrane down by sitting inside the new beds. The grown ups joked that we could grow some more children which the children thought was hilarious! Once the membrane was secure it was time to fill the beds, cover the paths with bark, plant the rhubarb crown and strawberries. As you can see from the photo below, it was a very busy day!