David Roughley is giving the next Zoom history talk on Thursday Feb 4th at 1.30pm on Gerrard’s The Builders We will circulate the zoom invitation to the talk nearer to the time The building firm of J. Gerrard and sons was started in 1864 by Jonathan Gerrard. The business became a major construction company basedContinue reading Gerrard’s The Builders Zoom history talk: Thursday Feb 4th at 1.30pm
Good Neighbours garden – October update
Good Neighbours garden – October update For most of September and October the weather on the Friday mornings where we meet at the Good Neighbours Garden has been very good. By late September we had a profusion of tomatoes and beans, plus late salad crops we had only planted in early September Here isContinue reading Good Neighbours garden – October update
Last session of the year at Good Neighbours Garden
Last session of the year at Good Neighbours Garden The Chorlton Good Neighbours garden group has met outdoors, come rain or shine, in our garden throughout the year. Today (Dec 11th 2015) we met for the last time before our Christmas Break. As usual, told us his 7 ‘joke of the days’ he has savedContinue reading Last session of the year at Good Neighbours Garden
Spring is on its way
Spring is on its way in the Good Neighbours garden……. Here are some of the group enjoying the spring like sunshine on the last day of February – Paulette, Bernard, Geraldine and Tony We had ordered the three replacement panes of strengthened glass and John came to put those in. That, together with the 6Continue reading Spring is on its way
Good Neighbours Garden in Late October
Amidst all the showers we managed to have a sunny Friday morning on 25th oct 2013 in the Good Neighbours Garden. We assembled a new bench, cleared away all the outside tomato plants, prepared the raised beds and planted some salad leaves and rocket which we had grown from seed. We also built another, smallerContinue reading Good Neighbours Garden in Late October
Greenhouse officially opened
Official Opening of the CGN Greenhouse On Thurs 20th June 2013 the Good Neighbours Greenhouse and garden was opened by Councillor Sheila Newman. Special thanks to Carolyn O’Hanlon who has been leading the Good Neighbours gardening group and to John Constable who’s skill enable a small team of older men to construct a difficult toContinue reading Greenhouse officially opened
Progress on the Good Neighbours garden
As part of a project to get more older men involved in Chorlton Good Neighbours we formed a Gardening Club at St Ninian’s Church where we are based. Our aim was to transform a piece of wasteland at the Church into a garden and vegetable plot that all our members could enjoy Well, after just overContinue reading Progress on the Good Neighbours garden
Gardening Club on Ice
At a time when most animals are hibernating and most plants lying dormant we have had an unusually productive time at the Gardening Club. In our first week back after Christmas we received a large consignment of manure – a very rich if odorous present! This is a good time to feed the soil forContinue reading Gardening Club on Ice
Gardening Club Christmas update
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…
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
