Making Slug Snake Oil at Carron Primary School
Demonstrated making a syrup that is diluted and sprayed or watered onto the plants. It’s genuinely effective against slugs and caterpillars and cheap and easy to make. All you need is onion, garlic and sugar. Here is the recipe link
The last day of the season at Burntisland Primary School
The season started with building raised beds with children who enjoyed the process and had a great deal of satisfaction when the beds were filled with compost. It started with two classes at a time, and then reduced to one class of 30 children…
The Sanctuary Garden Chicks on Tour
There are a few I’ve missed and this does not count all the garden visits. Children ask such interesting questions. My favourite was “what is a chicken’s favourite colour” My mind had red because they peck relentlessly at blood. The drinker is red so…
Burntisland Primary School
The children have grown produce! The last Friday of June is the last day of term so we can expect courgettes to be marrows and pumpkins ready for Halloween!
Busy in and out of the garden
Visited Beanstalk nursery with baby chicks, lettuce is doing well in the polytunnel, Buff orpington chicks, Carron Primary School pupils planting their own seedlings and a stand at the West Fife Show with RHET (Royal Highland Educational Trust) where 100 pots of salad were…
It’s a busy time of the year
If you want lots of content have a look on instagram or facebook @the.sanctuary.garden Seedings in soil and different composts, chilli flowers already, aubergines, runner beans and tomatoes Lots of pallet projects – raised beds and a design for the new toilet, based on…
Rescue hens
The British hen welfare trust organised the distribution of these hens. 20 hens fitted into 7 crates and have settled into the huts and there is not much squawking and fighting. They have some feathers; it won’t take long.
Bird Flu and more hens
Just outside the DEFRA 3km circle and have 20 new rescue hens arriving this weekend The Sanctuary Garden is the red dot in the north, Eats Rosyth, where two hens are spoiled rotten, is in the south. We need to keep an eye on…
Growth
We are feeling excited… Things are growing in the Sanctuary – overwintering plants, tiny chicks and… ideas. Ideas, plans, hopes and dreams for what The Sanctuary Garden could be this year, next year and into the future. Many of you already know that there…
How to make flavoured salts
Little Bugs Outdoor Nursery invited me to do a short presentation to six groups on how to use herbs. It was a great fun sharing how to make really flavourful salts using herbs you can grow in the garden or buy from the supermarket….