It’s official! We have started our allotment sessions for the 2025 growing season. Our new group were so excited to get onto the minibus and head off to the allotment. We chatted about what we might see and do when we got there. The grown-ups spoke to the children about the jobs we needed to get started and one involved building a new fire pit however when we arrived we were amazed to spot something in our pond. Tadpoles! Everyone was thrilled to see the little tadpoles swimming around and this instigated lots of discussions about pond life and pond safety so the fire pit building was delayed a little.

After a chat around the pond, it was time to get busy. The children began clearing back the area for the new fire pit and pulling up the weeds. This was a tricky job, especially when we had so many things going on to distract us. We found the ‘Worlds Biggest Worm’, lots of centipedes and a rather large spider who is currently living in our shed. We finally finished the area but we were all feeling rather hungry so the gazebo went up and it was picnic time!

After lunch we collected our tools and the weed membrane and got to work. We chatted about tool safety and how we use a hammer correctly. The children then got to work securing the membrane to the ground. By the end of the day, the ground was half covered and we are looking forward to finishing it off next week.