What's going on here then?

If you're out of work and looking for a way to get the skills needed for your CV then get involved! We'll be growing fruit and veg. We'll be doing up a local community centre garden. We'll be growing our skills to add to our CV.

For more information you'll be heading to the "In the Beginning" post over on the right hand side.

Monday, 30 April 2012

Welcome back, Sunshine!

Before
Hooray! The sun came back this evening. All is well down in the garden too. The seeds are starting to shoot (mainly the lettuce but also some peas!) and the netting seems to be child proof so far. 
Just a small group of volunteers today so it was a relaxed affair. Not that it is usually manic - how manic can you get in a garden?! Any way, I just went off on a tangent there, sorry. The grass had turned into a bit of a jungle since the clouds burst at the start of April so Sangeen gave it a mow. Meanwhile Ste and I shake'd and raked! We've sown some wild flowers ready to just do whatever they want to do. Here's some photos of the garden that is slowly starting to come into its own.
During

After! 
On the right is where the wild flowers will grow. If they want. They are wild after all.
If you want to get involved then please feel free to just come on down to Trinity House Community Resource Centre on Wednesday May 9th. If you want to contact me for further information then call 0161 248 2929 and ask for Becky. 

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

What's with the weather?!?

Well it rained all day so the volunteering event was cancelled! Apologies for that again. Fear not, it has been rescheduled for Monday April 30th at 17:00! See you all there!

Monday, 23 April 2012

It's growing time

This week was very exciting (if a little too exciting for me)! We planted some flowers in the boarder that was dug out a few weeks ago and also managed to plant some potatoes ready for growing and eating! Over in the vegatable planters things were looking good too! some of the seeds have started to shoot up! However, as these planters are in a play ground we had some maintenance to do. The beds had been trampled on. Boooooo. You can't stop kids having fun though! So in an attempt to save the crop we DIY'd some netting. Who knows if it will still be there on the next volunteer day! Fingers crossed the drawing pins did the trick and held down the netting. 

Here's a peek at some of the latest developments!
Forget-me-not
Lettuce shoots! Woo!
The next volunteer day will be Wednesday 25th of April at 17:00. As always, if you want to get involved then just come down to Trinity House in Rusholme. See you there! 


Feel free to contact Becky on 0161 248 2929 if you have any further questions.

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Why does it always rain on me?

It rained today. A lot. So the volunteer day was cancelled. The sun has actually come out since it was cancelled but never mind! The next volunteer day will be Monday April 16th at 17:00 if you want to get involved!




In the mean time here's some photos of the progress from last week! A new grass patch and a broken flower!