It’s now 2009. We had a barbeque on 31 January and ate potatoes with mint from the garden plus other vegetables from our own gardens (and your usual meat items).
The garden is looking great: the no dig plot vegetables did the poorest, grew quickly then failed due to a lack of soil depth. (sounds like the parable of the sower!) We will top this up.
The pumpkins are doing well: Anne’s idea of growing them through an old bed bedspread and weighting it down with lawn clippings worked very well at suppressing weeds and trapping in moisture.
We have been able to supply members who have no space for gardens with a fwe vegetables and some went to the food bank.
We have also visited a number of people who want help in establishing gardens plus ongoing advice. This is very rewarding as often all people need is a few scoops of compost, some seedlings and a bit of advice and away they go. The city council have given us some funding to help.
