Welcome Back!
We all arrived back to school on the 29th of August. There was great excitement to see how our garden had thrived over the Summer. After a brief time weeding (many hands make light work!) we took stock of our bounty. There were onions, turnips, strawberries, lettuce and lots of herbs. We tasted mint, rosemary, chives and our favourite...fennel. The beautiful flowers gave lots of colour to the garden. Sweetpeas and poppies and the bigggest sunflowers we have ever seen were out in all their glory. Unfortunately one of our new apple trees died over the Summer which was a real disappointment and we will have to replace it as soon as we can raise some money to buy a new one. We were surprised that there were apples found on the other apple tree as it is very young. This was a great surprise.
We picked our veg and added to our compost bin by feeding it the weeds. Poor old Garraí O Dóir, our scarecrow, fell over while we were away but we stood him up again to watch over our carrots while we wait for them to mature.
With the garden looking so good we couldn't resist spending lots of time there and we did lots of sketching of our plants and vegetables. We also sat outside one afternoon and painted what we saw in the garden.
Next on the gardeners' calender is seed collecting and planting garlic and beans.
Lets hope we have another busy and successful year in the garden