Well it look like Spring has definitely arrived and the garden beckons us. It is such a busy time of year and everything seems to need to be done in such a small window of time.
Down at the TCG things are hotting up and that’s not just in the straw bale hot bed!
Seedlings sown by Team members are bursting forth their papery shells and poking their heads above the parapet of compost. Soon they will be ready to be pricked out and planted. The ground needs to be made ready to receive them. We have quite a few growing teams but only a few people so far have committed themselves to each team, can you spare some time to help?
We have: Team Bean growing all those yummy varieties of beans
Team Fruity where all the soft fruits can be found,
Team Popeye which covers a lot of that green stuff that gives Popeye his muscles as well as potatoes and leeks, onions and garlic.
Flower Power- cool dude is in charge of the feast for the eyes and butterflies and bees
Team Tunnel where all the exciting stuff happens in the balmy haze
Team Windy oh dear! excuse me……. brassicas , sprouts and caulis
Team Salad for all those lovely summer meals
Team Pumpkin and Roots for all those autumnal suppers
Or you can float between and give a hand where you fancy.
Many hands make light work they say, and every hour contributed adds to the swell of work that can be completed and the rewards that can be reaped by everyone later. Saturday mornings are when most people congregate for work and a cuppa and Wednesday mornings usually sees a few gardeners working for a couple of hours. But the garden is accessible anytime.Check out our Facebook page for posts by members when they are planning to go down. The grass keeps growing and consequently need cutting and trimming around the beds, weeds are as vigorous as the plants and need keeping in their place as well as many other jobs.
With the days getting longer and the evenings lighter it gives us more flexibility to choose when to stroll down the garden and do a bit of pottering. What could be nicer, after being stuck in a stuffy office all day, than to get some fresh air, light exercise and tranquility down at the garden? 16th – 22nd April is National Garden week and it will be a great time to rally together to get the Tangmere Community Garden ready for its open day on 29th April. Come and join us all are welcome.
S.
Tangmere Community Garden 