Top right - 'Oli' uses strength and skill to dig up the sotrrel roots twirling his fork to latch onto the roots. Good thinking!
Bottom right - hard at work
This week was all about pulling out more of the old plants and transplanting plants we wanted.
Using garden tools
We learnt about using garden tools safely. Miss Stevenson and Mrs Mardell had the same tips to keep us safe.
Tips
-When walking always carry your tools facing downwards
-Always check for fingers (and toes) when using garden tools especially the big garden fork Mrs Mardell needed to use to loosen and lever up the Sorell roots. They were deep into the garden bed.
Garden gloves
Tips
-Store pairs of garden gloves together so they are easy to find.
Transplanting plants
Mrs Mardell showed us how to transplant plants and we gave it a go ourselves digging holes and patting the soil around the base of the plant.
To finish with we watered the transplanted plants to help them settle into their new homes.
Top left - The Strawberry plant before transplanting, it's in the vegetable garden!
Top right - Ted digs out the plant keeping itsroots undisturbed
Bottom - Mrs Mardell shows us how to replant the plant (then we plant the other two).
Our transplanted mint from last week. We will keep it in a plastic pot so it doesn't get too wild. Also mint needs lots of nutrients so we can keep it well fertilised.
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