Preparing the plot

The first thing that the students needed to do in the OC was to prepare the seed bed. This meant digging up any weeds and plants that were currently growing, dig over the plot to loosen the soil, and take out any large stones.

Luckily for TTC parents and people from the community handed in Morrison's garden vouchers, this meant that we got a delivery of spades, forks, rakes, trowels, gloves, wheel barrows, plant pots and a selection of seeds. This was brilliant! These tools meant that we could get started and they really made the students look the part.

Next we used garden twine to divide the plot into 9

Then took out any weeds that had resurfaced