Its beginning to feel a little wintry today

For those who would like to know more about our new helpers - The Well Communities

Our bird feeders are proving to be popular

Just to keep you all updated re our new gardeners/coordinator roles

We are now in the process of contacting all those who have been allocated a planter and/or a key to the site just to let them know what is happening following our recent announcement regarding the involvement of the Well Communities within our project. Hopefully reassuring all that this will not effect how or when they use the project and its facilities. It is a case of please just carry on as usual.

I have also had a very productive meeting this morning with David from the Well which I hope has helped to ensure we are all pulling together in the same direction and all want the same successful future for the project as a whole.Please watch this space as things are developed further and other details are confirmed in the future. Thank you.

Introducing our new coordinators and gardeners

Following Grahams decision in the summer to stand down from his responsibility for garden maintenance throughout the site and for coordinating activities Marsh Street Arches and Garden CIC would like to introduce you all to our new gardeners and coordinators - The Well Communities. Following recent meetings with our management committee it has been agreed that the Well will take over responsibility for maintaining the site, acting as coordinator and having members of their staff and volunteers to be on hand to meet visitors when they begin regularly opening the garden at times to be confirmed.

The first opportunity to meet them all will be at the Green Heart Den at 10 am this Sunday the 10th December.

The Well Communities are based in the old Neighbourhood Management Office at 242 Dalton Road and they can be contacted on mobile: 07488383013


Graham will remain a member of the CIC, continue managing our social media accounts and will no doubt be seen regularly pottering about on the garden and among other things; looking after the wildlife area, relaxing,  photographing wildlife, growing his own vegetables and helping where he can. 

It is early days for our new ways of working and things may change but our management committee will keep you all updated here and will be posting more details as and when they are confirmed.

I wonder if we will see any snow this year?

 

Its all about people.......here are some of our favourites activities

There is never a shortage of maintenance tasks

Preparing to clean out our bird nest boxes

Early morning on the grow your own scheme

Fellow community growers making good use of our poly tunnel

Preparing for winter - maintaining our locks

Replenishing our hand made bird feeders

For information on how you can help our feather friends please visit:

RSPB - Royal Society for the Protection of Birds here

BTO - British Truest for Ornithology here

The winter months can be the ideal time to start planning for next year

Looking back at another successful growing year

Gardening in December - free advice from Thompson and Morgan

There is always something to do in the garden whether its tidying, pruning or sowing.

Thompson and Morgan have put together details of their top gardening jobs for December. If you are looking for inspiration or just deciding what to do please visit their website here.

After a quick tidy up we"re not looking too bad today

A little frosty this morning

Hungry birds enjoying our bird feeders

A little maintenance to some of our bird feeders

Attracting a variety of birds into our garden

Weeding some of our planted border areas

Aerating the lawn areas on our grow your own scheme

Shared access for contractors working on the demolition of 188 Marsh Street

Preparing for the demolition of 188 Marsh Street

Work to demolish 188 Marsh Street

Contractors working on Behalf of Network Rail will soon begin works to demolish their property at 188 Marsh Street.

Maintaining our grow your own scheme planters

Tidying the planters around our cabin

A welcomed visit from a long tailed little bird

Top ten vegetables to be grown over winter

There are many vegetables that can be grown successfully over the winter months, Some outdoors and others in poly tunnels and greenhouses.

If you would like to grow crops through the winter months Thompson and Morgan have listed their top ten winter vegetables on their website here.

Vegetable seeds to sow in October

If you would like to keep harvesting vegetable crops through winter and into next year there is good news. There are several varieties that can been sown now and grown throughout the winter months if given a little protection.

For details of the top 5 vegetable seeds to sow now please visit the Gardeners World website here.