Blog posts
These are blog posts that Sarah-Jane Mason has made.
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As I arrived at school this morning the first question I was asked was ‘Can we garden in the snow’? The thought of gardening seems quite ridiculous to many of the staff; the crops we planted last Autumn are still hidden under a thick layer of snow and the ground is still frozen. I however have a few indoor gardening sessions for them to choose from so that children do not miss out on their gardening time.
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The cold weather this Spring has meant that sowings are off to a slow start, in fact ‘up north' soil temperatures only reached 4 degrees Celsius last week so we had to postpone our planned outdoor sowings activity. We have begun warming the soil and are carrying out an experiment to monitor what effect placing plastic on the beds has. We are recording the temperature in 2 beds (daily), one bed is covered with polythene and one has been left exposed to the elements. I am curious to see how much difference it makes as I am a big believer in warming the soil.
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