Ok - Various people, staff and members, have been here, there, and around and not around - so things have been moving along with the site, and photos taken, but not time to put it all up on the blog - so here is a condensed version of the last couple of months...
Important events! The community building grand opening BBQ at Rosendale Allotments which members and staff attended from Rathbone... clearing the site of plastic waste... digging the ground ready for strawberry planting and over-wintering garlic and onions... leek planting... award winning scarecrows from Rathbone (see photo's below) - 1st Prize at the Rosendale Allotment competition (and Rathbones salad, again designed by Sandra - 1st prize!) the scarecrow Elfrida (named after the educationist Elfrida Rathbone (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfrida_Rathbone) who the Rathbone Society are named after, also won 2nd prize at the Lambeth Country Show 2012! Go Elfrida!
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| Separating the roots of baby leeks... |
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| Trimming baby leeks... |
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| Taking the excess growths off tomato plants |
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| Planting baby leeks in the soil - straight into holes, not filled with soil but just water |
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| Finding weeds... |
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| Community building opening BBQ at Rosendale Allotments |
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| Elizabeth/ Elfrida - Rathbone's Award winning scarecrow with designer Sandra in blue |
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| Cutting the Ivy back... |
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| More weeding! The sweetcorn this time gets a weeding |
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| Stripping the ivy leaves for the compost bin |
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| Moving our path back to comply with regulations at the allotments |
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| Digging up the spuds... |
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| Some of our potatoes! |
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| Our new plot number - and designer Sandra again on the right! |
A busy time, it's time to get harvesting our allotment again, and hopefully weekly blogs will follow...
Thanks for reading! Rathbone Gardening Project
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