Hi everybody,
This week Monday we had a kind lady come in from orchards for schools.
We wanted to plant some fruit trees for the school so if some childeren did not have any food
we can just go to the school garden to pick some fruit.
We planted Apple, Pear, Plum and Feijoa Trees.
The trees were bare rooted so that they cost half the price. Bare rooted plants mean that there is no dirt on the roots.
The reason tht trees and plants are so expensive at the hardware store is because they put them in a nice little pot and then doubles the price.
In the school grden we have lots of flowers so it will atract bees and pollinate our sapplings.
Once the trees were planted they were very wobbly so what we did is secure the middle of them with some gardening rope. The rope is made not to rot if it gets wet.
We also learned how to use a shovel without hurting yourself or your back aching after,
What you had to do was spread your feet apart about shoulder width apart then put one hand at the top of you shovel and then put your second hand half way down the shovel and use your body
weight to push down.
Kind Regards Leandri