Our visit to Gardening Scotland gave us all sorts of good ideas for Primary visit activities next year. Lots of imagination and talent on show.
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We enjoyed two visits from the Kaimhill Kids this week. Mrs Rennie’s Class 4/5 were with us on Wednesday for a work session including veggie sowing and planting out, creating flower baskets for the Octagon and building nesting boxes and bug boxes. Thanks to Stuart, Gill, Jacqui and Graeme.
Photo Credit: Jacqui Coutts
Photo Credit: Jacqui Coutts
Then on Thursday we had the first running of our new biodiversity treasure hunt with Mr Whimster and Mrs Mellis and their Primary 3 class. I think we can say a good time was had by all – despite the glum faces during the initial briefing!
Photo Credit: Stuart Oram
Things have been doing great in the Polytunnel this season, but the plants can easily scorch in the heat if the doors are not opened for ventilation. If you notice the doors are closed on arrival on site please open them up if you can.
With every season our site offers up more and more surprises: these beauties caught my eye as I left this afternoon.
My thanks to Stephanie Morrison from RGU for alerting me to this very interesting article on possible funding sources, but just how much work is needed to secure them.
My thanks go to Sandy Menzies over at the Slopefield Site for alerting me to this opportunity for plotters.
My Harvest is a university-led UK research project that is looking to recruit individual plotters to help them learn about the contribution allotments make to food production nationally.
In their own words:
The research team at the University of Sheffield are working with members of the public growing food in allotments, gardens and other own-growing spaces across the UK to understand the yield of typical UK staple fruit and vegetable crops.
By providing the team with the area of land you use to grow a crop and the weight of the crop you harvest you would be:
1. Contributing to a first national estimate of own-grown food production in the 21st century.
2. Helping us to understand how much allotment and garden space we need in the future to ensure sufficient access for the growing number of people living in our cities and towns.
The research project has a number of partners:
If you would like to know more, or want to take part, head on over to the My Harvest Homepage.