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Tadpole time

It’s that time of the year when the tadpoles have hatched and the newts are busy eating them. Along with our big wildlife pond we have an old bath which we use as a tadpole refugee. But the newts keep getting through the nets we put over the bath and the pupils have a great time fishing them out and putting them back into the big pond. We also feed the tadpoles fish flakes cos once they get too fat… Read More »Tadpole time

Stan ready to tackle the potato trench, Zac gearing up for some tree work and a view from the top of the plot

Photography and compost loos

The essential ingredient of what we do is the wide range of people that get to work together. There are not many places where you get such a mix. A while back a rip off consultancy firm got paid a shed load of money in Moulsecoomb to come to the conclusion that a lot of the kids on the estate do not have a wide range of networks to rely on. They could have given us a tenner to find… Read More »Photography and compost loos

First day of spring and long term volunteer and hard working Mark waters the broad beans (covered to stop the mice having a meal)and lettuce that has been overwintering in the polytunnel

We’ve decided once a month to give volunteers some training and today was fruit pruning. Not sure why Zac was put in the fruit cage tho

Why am I doing all the bloody work

Hazel catkins – must be early springOmlettes with garden leeks for lunchAlternative Centre for Education pupils raised beds and looking through the round window in the shed

Christmas Party

Just like last year heavy frost, freezing temperatures and a snow storm wasn’t going to stop our annual Christmas Party.