The Chorlton Good Neighbours garden club was closed for Christmas and New Year but we’ve had a busy few weeks as you will see. To begin with things got very physical down at the garden when we decided to tackle the foundations of the old scout hut. There had been all sorts of plans toContinue reading Gardening Club Christmas update
A very rainy day in the garden…
We’ve been lucky with the Good Neighbours Gardening group sessions on Friday mornings, but today (14-12-12) it decided to pour down. We had purchased a large, second hand Keter garden storage box earlier in the week so we could keep our tools in it. We did this in the church hall and managed to doContinue reading A very rainy day in the garden…
Baking Potatoes and Planting Bulbs
On a lovely crisp and sunny December day (7-12-12) in the Good Neighbours garden, we lit a fire, baked some potatoes cleared up some rubbish and planted some plants and bulbs. We have been really luck with the weather on our Friday morning gardening sessions ….so far
Hops and Hardy Chrysanthemums
Yet another sunny morning down at the gardening club. Peter finished off uncovering the foundations of the old scout hut. We thought we would have four walls but we only have three. Not sure what happened there but at least we know what we are dealing with now. A generous volunteer Enid, donated someContinue reading Hops and Hardy Chrysanthemums
Autumn Leaves and Archeological Digs
The wind swirled the autumn leaves but once again we dodged Manchester’s favourite weather; rain and we were able to have another productive session. Bernard and Peter finished off the compost bays and started it off with our own homemade woodchip. Paul did a good deed by clearing away the leaves that have gathered around theContinue reading Autumn Leaves and Archeological Digs
Compost Bays and History
It was another fine and crisp morning on week 4 of our gardening club and time to start thinking about the structures we wanted on our plot. We marked out space for our prospective greenhouse (good thing too as we realised that we’d been a bit over ambitious and the one we were about toContinue reading Compost Bays and History
Woodchip, woodchip and more woodchip
Week 3 and our luck with the weather continues – the sun shines brightly on us despite the chill. It feels like someone up there is showing their approval of our efforts! Our new volunteer Tony a-woodchipping For this session we revisited the woodchipping of our waste wood with a more powerful machine and more volunteers. This timeContinue reading Woodchip, woodchip and more woodchip
Frogs, Woodchip and the Golden Autumnal Sun
As we boasted in our last installment, Chorlton Good Neighbours Gardening Club came up with quite a little harvest in our first year considering we only had three raised beds to grow in. At this week’s Thursday Coffee Morning we sold our harvest to raise money for next year’s seeds. It was very interesting discussing vegetableContinue reading Frogs, Woodchip and the Golden Autumnal Sun
Taters and Chainsaws – The Gardening Club Returns
The Chorlton Good Neighbours Gardening Club has re-started after a late summer break and as you can imagine there was plenty for us to do. We continued to harvest our sarpo mira potatoes that we’d planted in late June. The stalks and leaves had grown to triffid like proportions but we didn’t hold upContinue reading Taters and Chainsaws – The Gardening Club Returns
Enjoying the Autumn Sun on the Bowling Green
Some CGN members enjoying the Autumn Sun on the Bowling Green at SW Manchester Cricket Club on Oct 9th. Gladys and Dorothy are playing each other whilst Don (age 94) gives Ian a run for his money
Chainsaw and Potato cropping
Its getting towards mid October so we decided to dig up the sarpo mira red potatoes we planted in June in one of the raised beds. A good crop we have got too for our efforts. Ian brought his chain saw along so we could cut back on the cupresses leylandii hedge at theContinue reading Chainsaw and Potato cropping
A good potato crop
Harvesting some of the potatoes from the raised beds. They were planted very late, in June, but we seem to have come up with a good healthy crop of sarpo mira red potatoes in October
The Good Neighbours garden project, Jan to Sep 2012
This video summarises the progress to date of the aim to transform the overgrown piece of land at the back of the Church into a garden an allotment. We now have the raised beds in place and thanks to Bramall Construction (www.bramallnw.com), we also have a patio area, which they constructed for free. We aimContinue reading The Good Neighbours garden project, Jan to Sep 2012
Planting potatoes
At long last – finally planting some potatoes in the raised beds
Putting the Raised Beds in Position
Putting the raised beds in position in the Good Neighbours garden, 25 May 2012. On a sweltering hot morning (25-05-12) we dug trenches for our 3 raised beds at the Chorlton Good neighbours garden and lowered them into position. Next to fill then up with poor soil at the bottom (they are very deep raisedContinue reading Putting the Raised Beds in Position
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