Guild 2 on my allotment

The new permaculture design cohort set dates for the future. Today we meet on my plot. I have several items:

a fire
do the 4 questions- see previous early blogs
do a design process on my plot
find a plant to identify
maybe get a take away to eat as it gets dark.
drink in pub.

Guild 2 on my allotment

The new permaculture design cohort set dates for the future. Today we meet on my plot. I have several items:

a fire
do the 4 questions- see previous early blogs
do a design process on my plot
find a plant to identify
maybe get a take away to eat as it gets dark.
drink in pub.

Life at the Garden

It could never be said that people working at the community garden are anything other than dedicated. It would seem however that in Steven's case, the pressure may have got to him...

 

There is always lots to do and see at the People's Community Garden - why not come and visit us!

Recent News at the garden.... and a date for your diary

The Easter plant fair was today - more of that to come, but first, some of the preparations, and other news...

As well as plant preparations for the fair,

The Halifax school have been planting potatoes,

SNAP have been renovating the herb spiral,

There were mothers day pansies to collect

and as it was Linda's Birthday, time for a well deserved cup of tea!

Finally, Maidenhall plot holder and herbalist Alix Rodwell talks to members of the Time for You Gardening for Health club at the Community Garden.

 Her next talk is on Tuesday 3 May at 1.30pm, all welcome.

Useful tips

You can find out all sorts of useful information at the People's Garden. Just take Pat's humane anti pigeon devices... there's no half eaten cabbages here:

And then there's potatoes - Susannah writes 

"Trevor shows new volunteers the easy way to plant potatoes. Instead of digging a trench, he recommends using a bulb planter. Joanne Brannan at the Community Supported Agriculture project at Oak Tree Low Carbon Farm agrees with him. She plants up whole fields this way and says it is much less labour intensive."

 When it comes to spuds, you can't do much better than that!

African garden in the making

Having been quiet for a while on this blog, there is now an abundance of things to tell you - a bit like all those seeds germinating this time of year.

The African garden being constructed by the People's Garden and pupils from Chantry High School is well under way - its all best said with the photos...

 

Treading the paths

  

Building grey crowned crane shaped seat (Uganda's national emblem)

  

Sowing seeds

 

seed sowing - sunflowers, chillies and peppers

Alison Findlay of RHS lends her expertise

Keen planters

marking boundary with rubble donated by local building suppliers Collier and Catchpole

Planting feather grass round the turn seat

Shovelling manure to keyhole gardens

Staking out central compost well with hazel poles from Allotment Forestry Project, Sidegate Lane

Top off the plots

Spring cleaning

There were lots of spring cleaning jobs to do this week, and while we gave the grasses a hair brush and the borders a tidy, the first snow drops and crocus are busily coming up: