Feb 15, 2023 | Events, Nature Blog, News
February Update from the Community Garden Spring in the air, drawing us out from winter hibernation and into the outdoors. If you have managed to give your garden yearly coverings of compost, your soil should be completely workable in February, and hopefully giving...
Jan 27, 2023 | Events, Nature Blog, News
January Update from the Community Garden The first month of the year is a time of resolutions, of making plans and looking forward. As the rain batters the windows and the seasonal ponds are replenished, it can feel unrealistic, if not outright foolish to be drawing...
Nov 16, 2022 | Events, Nature Blog, News
Just a short one this month! As I write, there are still dahlias and alstroemerias flowering, a cucumber plant with a ridiculous appendage, several tomato plants with ripe tomatoes on, and ripe figs on an outdoor tree – what is going on?? – it’s November. I suppose we...
Oct 31, 2022 | Events, Nature Blog
Community Garden Update October 2022 October has seen the return of the Mission EmployAble interns, an end of season sale, and the beginnings of the long task of putting the garden to bed for the winter. This year there are 11 interns from Mission EmployAble, all of...
Sep 30, 2022 | Events, Nature Blog, News
Community Garden Update September 2022 Since last writing, there has been wonderful, life-giving rain! Browns have become green, new shoots have appeared, and the rural landscape has been visibly refreshed. The Community Garden has been completely rejuvenated – both...
Sep 5, 2022 | Nature Blog, News, Out & About
Thank you Nick Mortimer for sharing your early bird photography. Much appreciated.