Sandgate Community Garden Team Diary Entry for 24th November: One hour of working for the entire week.
Good grief! There is much to say about the weather this week for sure.
It started off being very cold and icy. Our Wednesday morning session at Enbrook Park was in sunshine but so cold that our fingers and toes soon suffered if we did not keep moving, so it has to be said that we gave up after an hour or so. At Pent Farm it was even colder and everything was frozen solid which made it difficult to do very much at all. However it seems we got away lighter than much of the rest of the country which has had snow.
On the Saturday, storm Bert started to roll in which changed the whole weather pattern. It started to get warmer, blew a hooli and brought rain. We stayed indoors for our Saturday morning garden session too, but once the storm has passed we shall have to check on the netting and see if there has been any damage.
The temperature has ranged from minus 2 to plus 13 degrees in the middle of the night and it will be interesting to see what will happen next. Should the pattern go back to freezing temperatures, it will be impossible to plant any of the broad beans and we will have to hope that it calms down in the near future.
In our one hour of working for the entire week, we just about managed to lay a little more compost on the beds, clear up more fallen leaves and cut back some nettles. We were very much aware of our friendly robin taking advantage of the fresh compost to find any worms as we were trying hard to get a good picture of him. However every time a camera was pointed his way he flitted off or turned his back. The best we managed was a rear view in the distance on our tool box. We shall persevere!
The only other picture we got was of some Jerusalem artichokes we pulled. Not everyone is all that sure what to do with them and so we shall be on the lookout for some good recipes.
What’s next?
- Clear up after the storm
- Rake up last of the Hope Farm compost
- Order more wood chips
- Keep clearing beds
This weeks update from the Sandgate Community Garden Diary.