We prepared for a very hot day today at the allotment but we were not quite prepared for the weather we encountered!

We began making a list of jobs for the day. Kirsten continued weeding the vegetable beds with Charlotte and Daphne and very quickly had them weed free. Lisa and Amy decided to tackle a huge job with the help of all the other children and cleared the top area of our growing beds which were very overgrown with an abundance of weeds, nettles and wild flowers. It was very hard work but we worked together to cut and pull out the weeds and fill up the wheelbarrows. Joseph and Lewis took turns to empty them into the compost bins.

We then began preparing a space for our new greenhouse and worked together to move the plant pot store and collect all of the plant pots from around the allotment.

The weather was hot so we put up a shelter so we could hide in the shade. Ruadhan found a snail and put it under the canopy as he didn’t want him to get too hot.

After a busy morning we stopped for lunch, we had only been sitting a couple of minutes when it began! The rain came, the biggest raindrops you have ever seen and they did not want to stop! We listened as they hit the top of the shed. Lewis was pleased as the rain had saved the children from doing a job! We didn’t need to water the plants now. Ossie was concerned the rain might never stop, it was so heavy and the drops were bouncing inside the shed doors.

As we finished lunch we peeked outside and the rain continued to bounce on the ground, we decided we would have to make a dash to the poly tunnel to finish the jobs we had already started before heading back to nursery.