The Magic of Spring!

We have been watching in amazement as the garden has come to life again and leaves growing in front of our eyes.O n the way into school the children can see the now fully grown leaves on the blackcurrant bushes which only last week were tiny buds. Blossom covers the pear tree and on Friday we watched a bumble bee fly from flower to flower transferring pollen  which the children know will turn into fruits in autumn.In fact we should be able to see these small fruits in June. The bee will get a  nice drink of nectar for doing this “good work!” The children already know about pollination from class work and have studied the insect and flower knowing how important bees are to plants!

We were happily surprised last week when we saw that some of the pumpkin seeds we saved from our Halloween pumpkin have germinated!Harry 3 s pumpkin was the first followed by Lula and Ceola! Hopefully a few more will germinate this week.Meanwhile we have planted tomato,peas,beans,lettuce sweet pea and sunflower seeds so we hope that they will germinate soon and we can plant the vegetables into the raised bed!An exciting time ahead in the garden and each day we will enjoy the wonders of Spring!