Sandgate Community Garden Team Diary Entry for 10th December: An invite to speak at the Canterbury Climate Action Partnership Climate Action Festival.
Still the weather continues to slow us down or keep us away from the garden with yet more rain.
We did enjoy a little sunshine on the Wednesday morning session where we were able to barrow some fresh compost onto the asparagus beds, clear some leaves out of the pond, and begin to check the brassica patches for yellowing lower leaves so that they can be removed. We then picked some winter salad as well as a few leeks before packing away the tools for the day. Unfortunately on Saturday it was raining quite hard and so the morning session was cancelled once again.
Luckily we were not to be left idle that day as there was an invite to speak at the CCAP (Canterbury Climate Action Partnership) Climate Action Festival in Canterbury, about one of our very favourite topics – compost! In particular, they were most interested in our new hot composter which came last week, and it seems that when it is finally up and running, producing plenty of compost, then we shall be getting visits from several organisations keen to find out how they work.
There were enquiries from community gardens as well as Parish councillors, keen to investigate if such composters could be useful to their locations. In the meantime we might have to start thinking about how we can go about getting funds for another one!
What’s next?
- Empty out the compost bay onto empty beds or under the brassicas
- Clear the nasturtium plants affected by the frost
- Clear the flowered nicotiana plants
- Move any cerinthe seedlings creeping into the path
This weeks update from the Sandgate Community Garden Diary.