• Always water your plants in the cool of the evening or very early in the morning, rather than during the day, when most of the water would evaporate before getting to the plant roots.

• Water-retaining granules can be added to the compost when planting bedding in pots, hanging baskets and other containers. The roots of the plants grow around the saturated granules to draw moisture as they need it.

• If you have a lot of watering to do, a hose will save you time and effort but to make sure you only use the water you need and that it goes exactly where you want it to, use a spray gun attached to the end of your hose. Choose one that doesn’t leak or drip and look for a controllable flow option that can adjust the volume of water from 40-100%. Guns with an aerated spray control will also use less water.

• With Winter soon approaching, we, as horticulturists, were dealt with a task of maintaining our flora and plants despite the unsatisfactory weather conditions.

• Some of our vegetables thrived, as their growing conditions were suited to hot/cold climates. i.e kale and radish.

• Other plants pretty much failed to sprout, i.e the tomatoes and beetroot. But mistakes are best made in the beginning, as we can see this as a big learning curve. Next time, we shall know better and be more prepared and knowledgeable about seasonal growing.

• We divided and potted the strawberry runners now, as they will flower next June. I also cut some rosemary and parsley, ready for next Summer's harvest.

• While we were waiting to return to school, Ms. O'Flaherty instructed for us to sow some seeds and care for three different types of plants.

• I sowed some sweet pea, dill, sage and onions.

• We added some pictures and information on our home projects to a group Google Slides powerpoint.

Ms. O'Flaherty was ever so generous to buy us ice-cream! We had to promise to care for a tomato plant first though!