A nice bunch of folk have been coming out Saturday's at 10am for our garden work parties. Sure there's not alot of "Veg in Feb", but we do have some plants ready to take off as soon as the weather warms and the sun is a little higher in the sky. Here they are: Lettuce, Spinach, Broadbeans, Kale, Swiss Chard, and of course, the Garlic is up (it was planted last summer).
A reminder to Kale lovers; please don't pick the leaves from the middle of the plants, but just the very lowest leaves. They do not grow at all in the winter, so there will be no new leaves growing until there's more sunshine.
The news from the City is that we're in line for a grant to replace the rotting 4x4 wood that comprises the raised beds, and a small grant for a slightly larger greenhouse to sit on the same site as our existing greenhouse. Here are a couple of photos showing the kind of wood rot problem we face (it's natural) and our current "cool" poly greenhouse which is well utilized.
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Also, last week a team of volunteers cleared a small patch of blackberry, roots and all, in order to re-create a place for the seaweed/leaf corral. This is where we build a bin out of wooden pallets to layer seaweed and mown leaves to create soil. In the coming workparties we'll further this corral and fill it, hopefully.
