Year 1 know how much our chickens love treats so today we've been sowing wheat and curly kale for them and also some microgreens in the classroom which we can enjoy! #RHSBigSeedSow British Hen Welfare Trust Grow Cardiff Tyfu Caerdydd @RHSSchools

It was action stations for beekeeping club this morning dealing with their first swarm. After a fair bit of bramble pruning we were confident that the queen was in the box Welsh Beekeepers Association @SFarms_Gardens

Year 5's potatoes are finally in ready for our ambitious autumn project. Better late than never!! @RHSSchools @SFarms_Gardens

Year 5 enjoyed introducing some of our chickens to the Nursery children in stay and play sessions today British Hen Welfare Trust @SFarms_Gardens Nursery

DE3 are looking forward to welcoming many birds with our very own bird feeders!

Not sure who enjoyed their homegrown treats the most - the children with their microgreens or tge chickens with their wheatgrass trays. Either way, there wasn't a lot left!! British Hen Welfare Trust @RHSSchools @SFarms_Gardens Grow Cardiff Tyfu Caerdydd

Some fantastic work by Year 6 using their woodworking skills to erect some additional fox proof fencing in the chickens' enclosure @SFarms_Gardens Grow Cardiff Tyfu Caerdydd British Hen Welfare Trust

Beekeeping Club are making an adapted brood box so we can populate the Warre hive with bees on National frames @SFarms_Gardens Welsh Beekeepers Association

Great morning of planting our plug plants from HMP Cardiff and lots of lovely home grown vegetables too. Thank you to our amazing families for their help. Well done team! Edible Cardiff Grow Cardiff Tyfu Caerdydd The RHS @SFarms_Gardens

Much excitement as Year 5 came to help Year 2 harvest their competition potatoes ready for weighing Grow Your Own Potatoes Grow Cardiff Tyfu Caerdydd @SFarms_Gardens @RHSSchools

Beekeeping club being shown what to look for in the hive by high school student and former pupil Emanuel Welsh Beekeepers Association @whs_cardiff @SFarms_Gardens

Year 6 enjoyed their pond dipping session yesterday finding palmate newts, backswimmers and caddis fly larvae. The highlight was watching a dragonfly nymph shed its skin! Pond Dip🐸 Iolo Williams

Beekeeping Club checking the colonies, especially the nucs to see how they're building up. One queen spotted but signs that all are present!! Welsh Beekeepers Association @SFarms_Gardens

Year 5 enjoyed creating a no-dig bed for DE3 this morning Grow Cardiff Tyfu Caerdydd @SFarms_Gardens Charles Dowding

What do you do when all your lettuces are ready at once and there's no time to share them before the holidays? You freeze them! Year 4 enjoyed processing their salad leaves and plan to make soup in the autumn term. Watch this space! 🥬@RHSSchools Edible Cardiff Grow Cardiff Tyfu Caerdydd

Amazing footage of badgers in a Cardiff garden. This one definitely has a peanut habit!! Who would have thought these lovely animals were so agile? Iolo Williams BBC Springwatch

Year 4 pupils have been learning how to keep our guinea pigs healthy and happy which, of course, includes plenty of cuddles in the new enclosure @SFarms_Gardens

Year 4 enjoying some fun and informative water conservation activites provided by Welsh Water

Year 2 loved using mirrors and magnifying glasses to examine some of the fascinating fungi in our school grounds British Mycological Society

Fun and games with autumn leaves which did finally end up as mulch on our vegetable beds! @SFarm_GardenCym