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| Happy Xmas! |
Lots of work is going on at Empty Common. The meeting hut's walls are being put together and fixed roughly in place so we can get an idea of what it will be like. And we finally received planning permission!
The rotten wooden shed was pulled down and taken to the dump, where Charlotte managed to salvage used cans of wood treatment for the hut, new shed and toilet. There is a lot of
building work and other stuff to do this winter aside building the meeting hut:
- Finish the new wooden shed's roof felt, fit windows, wood treating and fitting it out.
- Place felt on the roof of the compost toilet, treat the wood and put up trellises for the honeysuckle.
- Re-roof the black shed, which is rotten and leaking.
- Make the wavy bike rack.
- Sort out compost heaps and spread the mature compost
- A lot of weeding, edging and transplanting.
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| A pepper preserve |
Produce that is growing well includes brussel sprouts, kale and chard. Our spare chillies are pickled and we saved some seed for next year.
In January we will take part to Seedy Sunday and we might share space with the University's Botanic Garden, which has reached out to the community of gardens and allotments to establish a local growing group.
In January we will take part to Seedy Sunday and we might share space with the University's Botanic Garden, which has reached out to the community of gardens and allotments to establish a local growing group.
