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A word about weeds
What is a weed? Well, a weed is any plant growing somewhere that we, as gardeners, don’t want it to grow. Therefore, any plant has the potential to be a weed, or to not be a weed. A rose bush…
Growing your own vegetables: Tip 2
Prepare your soil extremely well When I’m creating a new bed, or cultivating an area for the first time, I like to start by double-digging. This means digging a hole or trench (depending on how big the area is) to…
Growing your own vegetables: Tip 1
Are you planning to grow some vegetables? Are you are beginner? Wondering how to start? Any good gardener has learnt through experience. They know their soil well and they know what grows in the different parts of their garden –…
Meanwhile at St Mary’s…
On Saturday 20th May we met in glorious sunshine to tidy and do some planting. We worked hard, and the beds look neat now after 3 of us clipped the grass around each one. Luckily we managed to get it…
Buttercups are mean and look like strawberries
As a beginner gardener, one of the first things I’ve learnt is how to tell apart buttercup leaves from strawberries. To the untrained eye, they look exactly the same. Buttercups, though, are mean: they’re considered a weed when you’re growing…
Philips Park Saturday
Yesterday we completed and filled the planter that the Boom group recently built. We are also experimenting with strawberries planted in pots and fastened to the fence in the hope that it will offer some protection from the local rodents!
A little bit of history: IEPAD and St Mary’s Park
Incredible Edible Prestwich & District was launched in May 2010. How did it come about? In spring 2010, two people, George and Joan, were chatting and discovered that they were both hugely inspired by Incredible Edible Todmorden. They wondered if…
St Mary’s Park: Seeds are here
Since our first season in 2011 we’ve ordered seeds from Real Seeds. This is a fantastic website and business run by Ben Gabel and Kate McEvoy in Wales. Their aim is “to assemble the best collection of really reliable, tasty and…
Families wanted to help at Sedgley Park
Bring the children along to our polytunnel to help us plan work on our plot in 2017 on Thursday 9th February anytime between 2.30pm and 4.45pm. We will: look at how the plot has fared over winter assess any jobs…