Sat 21 Jan 2012
Workday 21/1
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Worday 21st Jan 2012
A very blustery day. We worked to the sound of various sheds on the other allotments flapping themselves to bits (especially the plastic roof of one shed).
Well when I say we worked, we worked our way through an impromptu and unplanned italian spread. Both Mark and Marcos bought pasta based dishes, Andy bought Pizza, Ken and Ruth a tasty ommelette whose grand name I forget.
Once again, Mark and Harriet attacked the brambles, with Kat joining in when she arrived. Ruth and Ken worked wonders with the soft fruit area, creating long forgotten paths, and a pyramid for the loganberry. Marcos replanted the other overshaded apple tree, and then set to solve the conundrum of the broken zip on the new polytunnel. As Gary was busy at Pat’s (Ourganics) doing stuff, Andy was promoted to teaboy, although Dante was first inducted in the art of lighting the device by Mark.
Tat, Brendan, Lilly and bump were back from New Zealand, Brendan readying the rhubarb for one patch to be forced, and lots of chat and catching up to do.
Alan and Dante cut back the woody growth from diverse herbaceous plants, I especially noticed (and worried for) Dante leaning over the pond to cut the Marshmallow back. But he was fine.
There are some panes on the greenhouse that I’ve sort of mended in the past, with a general view that they’ll do till I get back to them. A strong wind is capable of all sorts of mischeif, and given a broken pane, is quite capable of blowing the rest out. The trouble is always not having enough clips. We have spare panes of glass, all reclaimed, inherited from various other greenhouses, and I even keep the broken bits if I think there might be a usable chunk. But somehow clips just go missing. Guess I should dig around to find where they are buried ! Anyhow one old bit mended, one big bit to sort when I get clips.
Felicity joined us, armed with a needle and thread to possibly sew up the zip on the polytunnel, though as it turned out, they worked a way of closing it without. And Tania arrived, armed with homemade bread and a rather good fruity cake.
Another productive and sociable workday. In winter, the structure of the garden is clear, it is looking in good order, whilst we await the revolution that Theresa is planning for some of the beds as a design towards her permaculture diploma. I think that will be a major feature of the next workday in a fortnight.
Andy
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