school allotments

I amlooking for some advice.I work at a school in Manchester and at easter my son and i dug out 8 allotments. I am the only one who knows anything atall about gardening but my knowledge is very linited.In order to fill them quickly i planted sweet peas, runner beans, radish, carrots, parsley,onions , potatoes, cabbages and green sprouting broccoli.They look extremely healthy and it has been a great succees - kids absolutely love it. Howeveri have no idea what do from september onwards? Each allotment measures 1.5metres by 1.5 metres ie.one per class.Thanks

 

I am not a vegetable gardener. Does it have to be something that can be eaten? The only thing I can suggest is spring bulbs, like daffodils ....

 

My kids school is doing something similar, I reckon this is a great idea.

Edible is good and necessary I think, bulbs are a brill idea, maybe some sort of bug palace project too, maybe one purely for touch-there are some plants you have to caress, and one for smell-got a phlox today at a nursery in Southport-not because it looks nice coz it doesn`t but it smells amazing, and I think I have to put a good word in for a wildflower garden-I do try to convince everyone I meet to put a couple of them in. The obligatory frog pond of course, every child should be able to see spawn and the development. I think if you ask the kids theyw ill probably tell you exactly what they want. You have done such a good job of this one after all!

 

If you need something edible have you thought about spring cabbage as it is to be planted up fairly soon and depending how close together it is when oplanted out you have spring cabbage or spring greens

 

try loads of Onions .. the Japanese sets are available soon put them in Aug/Sept and overwinter to next June - July

 

for touchey smelly plants. Turn one of your plots into a hearb garden . like, mint , lemon balm, roasmary etc. very easy plants to grow.
Sun flowers are a kids fav aswell.
keep up the good work, getting the kids involved

 

I tend to put a few spuds in so i have some for christmas. I also plant japanese onions which will overwinter then there is the winter caulis/cabbage. Get the kids to do the seeds before they break up from school and they should be ready for planting out after the school holidays.

 

I just thought of another one-a dinosaur garden using ferns and other prehistoric plants

 

ive got some mares tail going free. your more than welcome to have


seriously i would not wish that weed on anyone:D