Colder Days

The school gardening group has now wound down for the coldest months of the winter but here is a photo of one of our last days in the garden, prior to stopping. As you can see the sun was very low in the sky and there was a definite nip in the air. We had been clearing some of the weeds from the beds to fill our compost bins before winter set in. Both bins are now full to the brim! In the herb garden we have left a lot of the foliage on the plants. We were advised to do this by Bridge of Weir Horticultural Society members as it will give the insects who have been using our garden somewhere to shelter for the winter. They crawl inside the hollow tubes of stems and hide under the bushier leaves. We will cut the herb garden back and give it a good clear out in the Spring time when it starts to heat up. We raised £51 at the school Christmas Fayre with our craft goods and will use this to bulk out the garden in 2011. Our thanks go to Mr McSherry who comes in to help us with the garden every week and to the Mums who helped us with our bulb planting and crafting last term.  The school garden club restarts after the February break but full details will be issued prior to the first meeting.