First Day Back for Gardening Club

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The day may have started frosty and white however this didn't put our keen gardeners off. They arrived at school armed with warm coats and welly boots in preparation for their after-school gardening. This was our first day back since December and thankfully, as the day went on it started to warm up nicely. We had taken a break as not much happens in the garden during January and February as it's too cold for anything new to grow.

We had ordered some fruit bushes with our Morrison's vouchers and we unpacked these today. Before we started planting however we had a lot of weeding to do. Our compost bins were full to the top in December but when we checked them today they have begun to rot down and are only two thirds full now - so we added more weeds to the pile! Then we planted gooseberry bushes, a redcurrant bush, a blackcurrant bush, a blueberry bush and lots of raspberry canes. We haven't decided yet if we'll keep the fruit for ourselves or whether we'll leave it for the birds. Have a look at our slideshow to see what we got up to today.