Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Academy Awards

On Thursday (24-11-2017), I shall be going to the Academy Awards Event, organised by The Three C's organisation, at 6pm. It's an acknowledgement of the disability learning contributions, made by individuals and groups, within the LD community. Thanks, Chris.    

Clearing out

A|good team effort at the allotment today. Quite a few different actives took place: leaf gathering; planting of garlic and onion bulbs; a wooden and plastic covered frame, to stand pots in and water them, was also constructed.       

Tuesday, 14 November 2017

Beans and peas

Allotment today: planted over-wintering broad beans and peas (from 'seed'). There are certain steps that need to be carried out, eg. soaking them for an hour beforehand and then spacing them out properly in the bed. Preparation is the key!  

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Tidying up 2

Allotment: we  continued to clear the of the last of the raspberry roots...then dug in compost to improve the soil in that bed for Spring planting.  

Tuesday, 31 October 2017

ONIONS

We planted both white and red onion (bulbs) today. Each person has their own little area to work with. Ongoing...tidying up...A lot of  rubbish and waste gets collected and it's not so easy to get rid of it. Storage is a bit of a problem also, so it's necessary to be able to get rid of that waste and rubbish quickly, but...    

Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Tidying up

Allotment today: it was general cleaning and clearing. There is not a lot of storage space for bits and pieces, so the area we use can get very untidy and disorganised easily.