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Today was so lovely, very cold but the sun shone. Tuesdays means Eco Club at Ashton Hayes Primary School and this term we are gardening in earnest. Our new raised beds are almost completed and our free seeds from the Duchy Originals School Gardening Scheme have arrived (the children are very intrigued to know what Mangels will be like). Also new this term, the children will have the choice of gardening during Friday afternoon “Golden Time” sessions. We are lucky enough to have some wonderful gardeners in Ashton Hayes and some of our Timebank members will be joining us for a weekly gardening drop in on Friday afternoons – great for the community – great for the children. I’m looking forward to the chance to get some seeds in the soil and share the children’s delight as our crops grow. I may have to insist on first taste of our strawberries though…