Today the students worked hard on the Scholarship garden, we have the official launch of the project next week, so the time is ticking to get the raised beds made and sited on the new part of the garden.
Siting one of the beds, the students made sure the beds were level before starting to fill them with soil.
Moving one of the beds the students built onto the Scholarship site - this required a great deal of communication and team work to make sure the beds were moved safely and were sited in the right place.
The students also were busy sieving some soil which they used later to plant some seeds.
Spring Onions, Rainbow chard and a few other bits and pieces. The students covered the seed trays with cling film to encourage germination.
Cabbages and rosemary seedlings which were planted earlier on in the year.
We still have a lot of tomatoes which we have been slowly ripening in a dark place in trays. We decided to slow dry some in the oven on low for about 8 hours.
We packed the dried tomatoes in clean sterilised jars and covered them with olive oil.
We also had a go at making some tomato ketchup. We used our own tomatoes, a stick of celery a carrot, some spices and one of our chilies to give it a bit of a kick.
We were pleased with the results - looks like ketchup! The students tried it with some home grown potatoes which we made into wedges.
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