20 March 2009

Taking a closer look…..

Goodness it was cold on Friday.  A biting bise wind.  But gardeners go out in all weathers; and so, therefore, did we, albeit briefly. 

Our task was to find out a bit more about soil; specifically, what goes on underneath the surface.  What might we find lurking there?

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Armed with magnifying glasses…..

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and child-sized trowels and forks, we squatted down on our haunches (well, they did – I don’t think I have those any longer!) and so the hunt began.  Soon excited squeals were to be heard.

‘I’ve got a worm!’

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‘Eeee – a worm; eugh!’

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‘Another worm!’  All carefully put back into the garden (quite possibly soon to be ‘found’ again by another ‘hunter’!)

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And then, ‘Roman pottery!’  Hmm!

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And, ‘Look roots!’

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Followed by, ‘I’ve got a plant.  It was buried!’

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As well as, ‘Rocks!  Rubbish!’  All of which went into the wheelbarrow.

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The only disappointment I think was that we didn’t find any snail eggs.  That and the fact the the millipede was too fast for my camera – all those legs, you see!

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