Sunday 30 April 2017

FoMBL Work Party Report 29.04.17

Volunteers: around 20, including Alec, Heather, Sarah of the regulars

Community Garden Volunteer Saturday

On 29 April, FOMBL volunteers met at the Community Garden site to give the Garden volunteers a hand in implementing Phase One – clearing the turfs, digging trenches for potatoes and erecting the first raised bed.

While a group of keen woodworkers got to work with the cut timber, others dug over the little vegetable patches, and removed rubble. Then they dug trenches and filled them with compost.

Other FOMBL volunteers did some heroic litter picking, and yet a further group
used the turfs to repair burnt and damaged sections of the grass on the Meadows.

When the raised bed was up, everyone got busy filling it with compost, and the first herb, a rosemary, was planted with due ceremony. Donations of herbs welcome.

The potatoes will be planted by children from Sciennes Primary School on 2 May, and volunteers from Trees for Cities will plant the Community Orchard on 5 May.  Phase One is well under way!

Many thanks to all our helpers.

Sarah Tolley