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i live in a down stairs flat in a synergy housing block, i spent £500 at the end of last year buying plants seats and other bits to try to improve the view of a concreat wall 3 meters high around the back of the flats as a car park, the 6 climing pashion fruit were up rooted or stolen, the 2 climing jasmin were pulled out the ground by a tenant and one of the patio fruit trees had...

So, just joined the landshare movement, looking forward to getting my hands dirty!

Today was 22 C so we decided that as well as going up to the Secret Garden to prepare the beds for planting, we would also check on the Bees for the first time properly this year. For a change we will put the allotment first and then the bees after. The Secret Garden ( our Landshare Allotment) Today was the day we had been waiting for, great sunshine and the start of the year at the...

So ive got the venue confirmed and lots of lovely people helping me.Ive got a handful of people interested in the group and two small sites to do group permaculture projects on.The next step is confirming dates and times and getting bums on seats(or in the garden)The intended functions of the group(at the momment)are: increasing the knowlage of Permaculture/gardening Regular group meetings to...

We have now got a venue to hold the meetings they will be at Salop road market garden Oldbury

A lovely day today, nice enough to quickly go through the 7 hives at the farm apiary. Bees returning with huge pollen loads, always a good sign.

All Qs present and correct, worker capped brood, larvae and eggs in all hives.

I will have to move a couple of the hives to the Ryefield apiary soon, 7 hives is too many for the farm apiary to support at this time of year

Greetings to all fellow Landsharers.  I see that with the onset of spring, the blog is coming back to life. We've been over to the plot a few times recently to harvest some sprouts and leeks and to start preparing the ground for planting and sowing.  The sprouts have done pretty well this winter and we have been able to share quite a few with the landowner who, fortunately, is...

Hi I have just collected some horse manure from the local stables.

Its free and they bag it up for you, all they ask is that you return the bags asap for re use.

I will dig it in and use it as a mulch over newly planted stuff to help keep any frost off.

a nice day yesterday and a beekeeper in Wisbech who bought a couple of colonies off me two years ago needed a hand. he has three colonies now and they are huge, all double broods, and untouched since last autumn. Took them apart, marked one of the Queens, tidied them up and put the Queen excluders and supers back on top. Managed to go through my three hives at the ryefield apiary in the...