It's back to school and we're very glad to welcome some new Gardening Club members for our first session of the new school term. The garden's done quite well over the summer (thank you, watering team!) and we can now harvest the fruit and vegetables of our labours.
First we had a look at the apple tree outside the nursery and reception classrooms. It's a big tree which gives lots of cooking apples - which means they are a bit sour if you eat them straight from the tree, they taste nicer when they've been cooked. There were lots of windfalls lying around which we collected.....
...and sorted into ones which we can store to use later and those which are beyond their best but can still be composted.
We washed the good apples and wrapped them in newspaper.
We hope they will store well in a box in the potting shed. But there are lots more on the tree - we're planning to have our own 'Apple Day' in a few days, so watch this space!
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