Gardening project – digging on a very wet April day

We are now trying to clear one end of the allotment to get rid of all the rubble including the remains of an old scout hut base. We’ve ordered the raised beds made from old scaffold boards for us by TRIM timber recycling in Manchester. Once we have cleared the rubble they are our next priority

Gardening project – learning about soil testing

The Chorlton Good Neighbours gardening project continues. Several of us are taking a course at Hulme Community Garden. This week was about soil, testing it and composting. We also did some work on the plots, crunching up branches to make compost

Day 2 of the Gardening project

Day 2 of working on the Chorlton Good Neighbours plot in Mancheter UK. Digging over the ground and cutting some branches off a tree that is overhanging the plot. Plenty of stops for cups of tea and some of Keith’s banana cake