On the 23rd of January I helped to make a dry stone wall with Joe. Joe is a helper at our school and a very good helper too. The first thing we did was dig a hole about 3 or 4 feet and filled about 2 feet of it with broken pebble and bits of stone from the rocks. This gives it a good foundation. Then we started to level out the second layer on top. When we finished we had to put some slate on the top to make it look neater. When we were putting the mud on we started to find newts and they were frozen. This was because it was a cold and frosty morning, and in winter newts bury themselves into the mud to survive. So me and Joe blew on them and this made them start to wriggle. We carefully placed them back in the Bug Hotel next to the wall, so they could bury themselves amongst all of the debris there which acts as insulation and will keep them warm.
This is a picture of our completed wall. Next job - building a mini-greenhouse for inside the poly tunnel! So keep reading my blogs and find out how I get on!
Harvey, Class 6N
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| The dry stone wall |
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