Incredible Edibles have been hard at work

The Incredible edibles team have been busy.

In the lower garden we have been planting seedlings (rocket, beans and lettuce), weeding and mulching (which means spreading organic matter on the top to reduce weed growth and stop the soil drying out).

We've also been assembling new steel beds. It was quite fiddly, especially getting the plastic rim on the top. You can find the beds in the upper garden above the Heritage cafe. Once they had been lined, our next job was filling them with soil. This was not straightforward given that some of the wheel barrows have flat tyres. We had to mix the soil 10:20 soil to mulch as this is the right balance for growing food.

We also drank some lemon grass tea - our first opportunity to taste something from our own garden!

The new Wednesday Incredible Edibles team

The new Wednesday Incredible Edibles team met for the first time on Wednesday 5 September. After a few introductions the team got straight to work in the lower garden. Here is what we achieved:

1. clearing unwanted plants 
2. planting corn, spinach, peas and beans
3. breaking up compost to speed up decomposition
4. making a map to show what we had planted where
5. constructing a steel bed for the upper garden

The team were brilliant - positive, focused and collaborative. Everyone is looking forward to growing stuff and learning about urban gardening.

Thanks to our environmental leaders Charlotte and Joahne for stepping up to lead.