Little Growers is lucky enough to be working in partnership with Nemasys for the forthcoming growing season, they have offered to supply Little Growers schools with their great products free of charge. Nemasys are naturally occurring microscopic worms found in the soil, that naturally control pests. The nematodes are watered into the soil and control your pest problems whether slugs, caterpillars or weevils etc. They are one hundred percent organic and naturally found in gardens. They will control your pest problems entirely, using a completely natural, safe and sustainable method. They are perfect for use in schools because until pesticides and chemicals which are not safe, they offer a completely child friendly and organic pest control solution. For more information please visit their website at: http://www.nemasysinfo.com/index.shtml This has lots of information about the various products they offer. Little Growers can offer your school these products free of charge, the only thing we ask is photos and an overview of how you found using the product so that we can provide feed back to Nemasys.

The Nematodes would be posted to the school and must be kept refrigerated and used within their expiry date. This is the main aspect to be aware if you wish to take part in the project.

If you are interested in becoming part of this great project please do email heather@littlegrowers.co.uk and let me know asap. I will then liaise with the company about shipment of your Nematodes and which specific pests you require help with.

Little Growers spoke to Tia, aged 9 this week about what she thinks of growing in her school and the Little Growers project that has been running there for the last year... 'Gardening club is cool because you can grow stuff that you can eat. Basically you grow and eat. This year we did a pumpkin competition and only one person could win in one year group.'  Tia is one of our most proactive Little Growers in the local area, she helped at our first ever market stall, is an avid member of her school's gardening club and helps in the garden at home too!  We are looking forward to working with Tia and her school in Spring when their garden area comes to life.

This week has seen the best weather for this time of year since the 1800s!  We have been visiting our four local schools in the sunshine, clearing finished crops, turning manure through the soil to prepare for winter, composting, harvesting tomatoes, beans and much more and receiving amazing donations of elephant garlic from the Garlic Farm in the Isle of Wight and preparing our winter seeds.  We are excited to get going on our winter growing timetable and see how the schools fare with the winter months.  To all our schools and Little Growers, have a lovely weekend enjoying the sunshine, if you can, make sure you enjoy the last of your gardens in the summer temperatures.  Happy Sunshine everyone!