3rd Class recently planted Onion bulbs and French Beans in the Swan plot in the Community Garden. Jane (Felix's mom) and Margaret (Olivia's mom) helped with the 1st planting. For the Onions, the children planted them in the cleaned up Swans plot, directly into the ground. They examined the bulbs to make sure the pointy stem was sticking up and the hairy root end was pointing down.
The beans were a bit different as they planted them in small pots to get a head start. Again the bean was examined to see how a plant grows from them. 
We used peat free compost to sow the beans, one bean in each pot. We covered the beans with a propagator lid to help them grow quickly.
Within a couple of days, the onion bulbs and the beans were showing life, you can see their progress in our gallery below. Just before the June Bank Holiday, the children took home a bean in a pot and some of the beans were planted between the onions. In September we should have a good crop of onions and beans! Ronan
