In December volunteers from CamBridge 2 Environment visited to help us clear the woodland area for the meeting hut. Here they are inside our new wooden shed! The old, rotten one was pulled down and recycled. The paint for the new shed was sourced at the dump, where Charlotte found some unfinished tins.
The meeting hut's model was presented at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Architecture. We are trying to keep costs down so there have been some amendments to the original design.
Then students from the Faculty came on site to help with the structure. We finally got permitted development to build the hut, a major step ahead for our project.
We have a lot of building work and other stuff to do this winter, including:
- Finishing the new wooden shed
- Felting the roof of the compost toilet, treat the wood and put up trellises for the honeysuckle.
- Re-roofing the black shed
- Making the wavy bike rack
- Sorting out the compost heaps and spread the mature compost
- Cleaning the pond
- Washing the polytunnel
- Doing a lot of weeding, edging and transplanting.
So lots of things to do this winter before spring comes - so do come and join us if you can.
DON'T FORGET SEEDY SUNDAY! It's next Sunday in Trumpington - details here. We will be there alongside the new growing group set up by the Botanic Garden.
