No plant!

Sadly, due to energy levels from a busy weekend, we didn't manage to plant tonight. Instead we discussed what we would need to do next. It was mentioned that we require the following items to continue:

• Organic non-peat compost / manure
• Organic fertiliser (rotenone, pyrethrum)
• Green manure
• Netting
• Canes

If you can help with the above, please get in touch with us.

Outreach and...signs!

We've been doing lots of outreach - through freeconomy, through Streetbank, and through Facebook. We've now set up a Facebook page, a Twitter account, and a flickr account to store our photos.

And we've got the flyer wording changed to match the fact we are now at Winchester St car park. We're getting these printed to put in local community areas very soon!

One of our wonderful volunteers, Katie, has produced some brilliant signs for the beds!! And so tonight we have put up the signs, which will hopefully draw people to the beds to see what's going on!

Whilst we were doing this, another person living opposite the beds spotted us and he has donated some spare plants - cabbages and cauliflowers! And we also heard that Michael's friend has some purple sprouting brocolli and some bee-friendly plants to donate to us!

So...we're going to dig up another area of the beds, just a bit further down, on Sunday evening at 6pm. Join us there if you can! Bring any tools and some water!

We have water!

Whilst watering the plants with our own water, the lady opposite the beds at 126 has very kindly offered to provide us with water from her house! This is great news! So if anyone needs any water, knock on her door, and you should be able to get some!

Oh and we did some planting today!

More clearing, more planting!

So we've just been donated some more plants from a lady who ran an Open Gardens plant sale event, and so we're going out to plant them at the end of the month. They're mainly bee-friendly plants, with a few herbs! The plants we've planted so far really need water, so anyone who lives locally, please give them some water! Our existing plants seem to be doing okay and are growing!

A flyer! And more planting!

So we've just had this amazing flyer designed by someone on the Facebook group!

And we've been doing some more planting, with new volunteers! We've now planted peas, purple sprouting broccoli, and radishes! Can't wait to see these grow.

            

At the moment we are aiming to recruit people to water the beds! So if anyone is around, please spare some time to water them!

Where there is a loss, there is an opportunity

So the sad news we've heard this week that the plants we put in at the area before the woodland have been strimmed and due to lack of water, they haven't survived.

BUT....we've just started work on the raised beds at Winchester Street car park! Using the plants we got donated from the plant swap, we've now put in some herbs and salads in the bed by Mansfield Street. Next steps, to get a flyer designed to spread the word, and organise further plantings!

The Launch - International Permaculture Day

So today is International Permaculture Day!

And we had 5 people come along to get involved in the launch of Sowing Sherwood. We've planted chives, strawberries and wildflowers for the bees. The area looks like a rubbish dumping ground so we're going to have to be careful...Fingers crossed these plants take! There were concerns of lack of water use...so we're going away to think how we deal with it.

Also, I've had a meeting with new neighbourhood officer for Sherwood, Leigh White, who has given full support of the project! I also met with local councillors and they have also shown full support! I showed Leigh the pictures of the walkabout we did, and she thinks the most likely place she can support with is Winchester Street car park - land owned by the council. She explained that the council are supportive of community gardening projects, which is fantastic to hear.