...spring is in full step! We have been very busy in the garden in the past couple of months and we have had some wonderful sunny Sundays to enjoy the space and share it with others. Since the beginning of March we have been sowing a number of salads and vegetables both in pots to grow on in our cold frame or straight into the ground. The salad bed is looking quite full with Leaf Beet, Spinach, Rocket, Beetroot, Radish, Oriental leaves and lettuces all planted out. They are really coming on and in a few weeks time we should be able to start harvesting some! Other veg has been sown in situ such as Peas, Broad Beans and Parsnips (which we sowed with Radishes to get a quick crop before the Parsnips get going). Potatoes have also been planted in tyres and their green tops are growing at a fantastic rate.
Maintenance work has also continued; timber edging beds, improving levels to make flat work areas and continuing the work on extending the shed to make a covered seating area, which is nearing completion. All in all everyone has been working very hard and the garden is certainly demonstrating what can be done when people come together for just three hours a week!
We have been really lucky to have so many great helpers and plenty of kids (inspired by their veg growing classes at school! They have been loving sowing and looking after the baby plants as well as keeping everything topped up with water and well weeded. There has been something for the adults too with the running a free 6 week course in organic growing. So far, classes on ‘soil', ‘Seed sowing' and ‘composting' have taken place and participants have been gaining lots of tips to take into their own vegetable gardens. If you would like some help to get going growing or just want a fun afternoon out please do come down to the garden workdays Sundays 1-4pm.
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