Big day today. This week we received 1000 kg of soil for the raised beds and today we filled the larger one. Unfortunately only two members of the club came along. We were however lucky to find some enthusiastic volunteers. All the children helping moved at least their weight in soil today. We began by putting down several layers of cardboard and newspapers at the bottom of the raised beds as a water store. Then came the job of filling the bed with about 800 kg of soil and mixing in some compost. Finally we sowed some broccoli, carrot, beetroot, leeks, and planted some onions.
day 5 April 24, 2009
No club that Friday because we broke up early for the Easter Holiday. Yeeeeaaahh! Just some pictures of what our plants are doing. The cress-heads went home with their creators.
day 4 April 24, 2009
Sorry for the irregular updates… therefore three posts in short succession. The week after our weekend raised bed building effort we inspected the raised bed frames with the rest of the club. We also finished the plastic lining of the smaller bed.
Once that was done we looked at how our vegetables, herbs, and flowers were doing. Not much to see yet so we made some cress-heads.
