Some of the happiest times at the Garden are when we all just turn up and get on with whatever we feel like doing. That should be easier with our Crop heroes in place and there is generally someone who needs some help. However, as quite a few people are not around this weekend here are some jobs that do need doing, in case you are looking for things to do!
- The temporary cover over the redcurrants by HQ needs rescuing and doing again but better! Netting isin the wheely bin at the end of HQ.
- It’s really hard to water the tomatoes in the polytunnel as they have grown so bushy. Please could you carefully cut away the plastic, just in the tomato area, so that we can water directly onto the bed? Be careful not to cut the strings!
- The brassicas all need weeding.Please put the covers back securely afterwards.
- The gooseberry bushes in the edible hedgerow have some wind damage. Please cut away snapped and damaged twigs.
- Huge thanks to Neil for the construction of the fruit cage frame. Now we need to rig up the metal fence panels and get the netting over the top. I think the huge netting is in polytunnel minor? We need a plan for this?
- Please pick broad beans and remove the plants from the ground.
- The garlic has rust but the affected layers can be removed and the garlic eaten fresh or wet. It’s delicious roasted and you can use the whole bulb in your cooking as the papery skins between the cloves have not yet formed.
- Please cut and take the yellow courgettes in the polytunnel which are plentiful and need cutting.
- Please ensure that the tunnel is watered.
Thank you. Missing you!
Tangmere Community Garden 
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