An Action Packed weekend at the Vegface!

Weeding gorilla, plucking out himalayan balsam from the watercress bed

“yummy fur” I say!

a full weeding and planting session at the Burnley Road Herb garden

community payback shovel 8 tons of soil into the station raised beds

Helena got creative with the turf, green side up on the tree stumps and announced its a “grassy knoll”!

Pam helps Helena practice Knoll Sitting, Meg does Knoll Sniffing, some gorrila bloke pokes about in the dirt

the front beds full and planted with funky stuff, including artichokes, celery, swiss chard, heritage purple beas, nasturtiums, raduccio

The back bed is for serious stuff, spudatoes and leeks, needs another load of soil first though

community payback boys move on to harley woods orchard,and work like,err,blokes working hard,barrowing woodchips across the field to mulch the trees

the trees,which are looking very pretty,this ones red falstaff on M111 rootstock

Heres the action at shade school,4 tons of soil spread on thier new veg bed on saturday

Tattys and peas showing in the ferney lee old folks raised beds

peas, Metior

the fruit avenue

its almost worth being old!