We arrived to our allotment on a rather grey and rainy day but we wouldn’t allow it to dampen our spirits. The children had come prepared with wetsuits and a ‘we can do this!’ attitude. We looked around our allotment as this was the first visit for many of the children. They were keen to look at what was growing and the pond was of particular interest. We were all excited to take a close look at our pumpkins which are getting very big but are still green. It won’t be long before they start to change.
We checked on our winter vegetables and were surprised to see a very large family of caterpillars living on our cauliflowers. They had munched quite a bit of them! We checked on the courgettes and they were huge! We decided to pick them and take them back to nursery. Just look at the size of them!
Some of the courgettes were so big, we needed a grown up to help us lift them!
After checking all of our vegetables it was time to work on the huge bark delivery we received yesterday. The children chose a big bucket, a medium size or a small. Then it was time to walk up the big bank to collect the bark (or a wheelbarrow ride up if you were lucky!).
