Category: Seedlings

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What a Lovely Day

Posted on by Tracie Dowling

As it was lovely and warm, we all spent the day outside. We looked around the garden and took photos of our favourite flowers of the week.

We noticed that there were hundreds of caterpillars on our leaves. Unfortunately they had eaten all of our cabbages and nasturtiums. Tracie was not happy.

  • Cornflower
  • Poppy
  • Camellia
  • Martha and the Caterpillar
  • Sunflower
  • Agapanthus
  • The Gang at the Park

Martha was brave and handled the caterpillars but Ivor screamed when he went to touch one! hahah Poppy and Chloe made a caterpillar home so they could study them and see what happens while they are in there! Watch this space…

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Mystic Pizza

Posted on by Tracie Dowling

Today Martha and Ivor asked nicely for Pizza. Unfortunately we didn’t have any, so Martha thought it would be good to make one from scratch! This is how they did it…

  • Kneading
  • Flour
  • Rolling
  • Toppings
  • Yummy!
Martha and Ivor’s Homemade Pizza

Both children said it was so tasty, Tracie couldn’t try it because they wanted to eat the lot! Cheeky Monkeys!

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Our Mini Pond Habitats

Posted on by Tracie Dowling

This summer the children have been helping us make mini pond habitats around the garden. Our tadpoles have turned into amazing frogs and we keep finding them hopping around the garden in various places trying to get away from our cats.

We decided to make four mini hiding pools for them between the two main ponds. Hopefully they will use them to jump in and hide while going from one pond to the other to see their friends and family.

Little Seedling’s Pool
Wonderful Wanderer’s Pool
Wildlife Ranger’s Pool
Main Pool
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July in the Garden

Posted on by Tracie Dowling

During the lockdown, the key worker children have been working extra hard helping Tracie in the garden.

We have grown Beetroot, Cucumbers, Chillies, Mange-tout, Peppers, Tomatoes, Pumpkins, Lettuce, Onions, Cauliflowers, Cabbage, Peas, Garlic, Turmeric, Ginger, Strawberries, Raspberries, Currents, Apples, Cherries, Kiwi and lots of different herbs.

Our new vegetable this year is Cucamelons. These are a cute, little fruit with bags of personality. Originating from Mexico, Cucamelons produce lots of fruit throughout the Summer that taste like cucumber and lime. They are grape size, look like baby watermelons and are supposed to be easy to grow. Watch this space for updates on how we get on growing them.

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June’s Walk Around the Garden

Posted on by Tracie Dowling

On our walk around the garden, Leo and Jacey couldn’t pass the Strawberries without having their fill! We found lots of purple flowers. We found Sweet Peas, Foxglove, Alliums and Ice Plant, they were all very fragrant.

  • Strawberry Hunt
  • Ice Plant
  • Alium
  • Fox Glove
  • Sweet Pea

The yellow flowers all shone out like the sunshine. Tracie told us all about the different ways to use flowers. Tracie told us some go into medicine like St Johns Wort, some keep bugs away from our tomatoes like Marigolds and Field Mustard can be used in cooking. But we were warned we can only eat plants and flowers given to us by adults as some are poisonous like the foxglove.

  • Marigold
  • Field Mustard
  • St John’s Wort
  • Cherries!

In the front garden we found two delicious looking Cherries. Tracie said it’s good they where way up high on the tree as it would stop us picking them before she could have a taste! Look who we found hiding in the ferns! Our jolly gnome, Rainbow!

Hello Peeps

The pond is thriving at the moment with wildlife and flowers. The flowers like Hot Poker and Foxgloves attract mini beasts and bees to collect pollen to make us honey and pollenate other plants. Can you spot the Plant sign we made in March?

Pond Flowers
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Water Play

Posted on by Tracie Dowling

We are having such lovely weather at the moment, however it is making the children very hot and bothered. Emma suggested we do an activity in the water to cool them down.

  • Working Together
  • Putting Ideas into Place

Martha and Ivor used the hand puppets to wash each other down to cool themselves. Alfred kept putting the toys into the pool and Bramble took them out for Alfred to put back in.

Martha asked if she could put the slide into the pool and slide into the water. By the time Emma put the baby down, Martha had moved the slide herself! Everyone watched her then joined in taking turns.

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Homemade Lolly Ices

Posted on by Tracie Dowling

Yesterday, Tracie went to cut a watermelon into wedges for snack time but it rolled off the surface and smashed up. Everyone gasped, then started laughing!

Tracie decided to take the hard skin and pips out of the watermelon and use it to make lolly ices instead! We put the fleshy fruit into a bowl and mashed it up, then we put the watermelon slush into lolly molds and put it in the freezer.

Today, it was a very hot, sunny day and Ivor asked if he could have his lolly ice.

Homemade Lolly Ices

All the children loved them. Ivor asked if we could make them again, Martha suggested not to let it fall again though!