Today we concentrated on food growing activities at both Parkside Centre and Culture Fusion.
We started at Parkside Centre; constructing another bed which we filled with veggi compost and planted with strawberries, weeding areas to plant with mint and lemon balm, laying some mulching fabric and covering it with bark to create an easy to manage pathway. We were pleased with the seed germination to date and transplanted some of these as well as adding some sprouted garlic to one of the beds. We all feel pleased with how the space has been transformed into a garden in the last few months.
Before heading back to Culture Fusion for a late lunch a few of us dashed to the Orchard. Once there we decided not to graft the Kidds Orange Red twigs that had been kept dormant in my fridge, but wait until next year when we have a more definite plan. However the visit was not wasted - we enjoyed the pear and plum blossom and 'harvested' the last of the apples from the shed.
Back at base we prepared the growing beds for this season; weeding and topping up with fresh compost. We will plant some seeds next week as we ran out of time today.