Today was to be a day of compost bins. Not the kind you buy ready made but hand built - and hand moved!! The plan was to construct two large compost bins and relocate the contents of two existing compost bins to the new ones and also to spread the good compost around the site. However, this was scuppered by a nesting robin. One of the old bins will have to remain until the eggs have hatched and the fledglings have flown.
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| The compost we can't move |
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| And the reason why we can't move it |
The other pile was moved, partially to the area for the new compost bins (new compost that hasn't yet rotted down) and the older rotted down material mainly used in the smaller polytunnel.
Last year, strong winds blew down a large tree. The remains were removed but a large stump was left behind. We decided to employ the services of a local tree carver Roy Bouffler. Roy has done many tree carvings in and around the area in return for a donation to the local Jospice. Examples of his work can be seen in Victoria Park amongst others.
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| The stump before Roy started |
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| Roy in action hand carving his design |
The main work now is planting seeds and planting out crops, such as salad, potatoes etc. Although one final piece of work on the rain collection system has been completed. So as we prepare for a wet Easter weekend, the rain collection is in place.
More next week, but remember to follow us on Twitter and have a look at the other photographs from today on Picasa
See you next week
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