Today was a nice mix. We began by working to remove old flaking paint from the tall raised beds. These beds are really high, which makes them great for folk in wheelchairs, or anyone with a bad back. It also makes the sides of the beds perfect for murals, which is great, as we have an offer of willing and skilled labour to paint some! A group of art students from New College Nottingham will be joining us in 3 weeks to create something wonderful, but that means that they need sound paint to put the artwork on. So - wire brushed and sandpaper were applied with gusto until we could feel muscles in places we didn't know we had.
There was a respite. We took a quick trip to Cossall to see Phil Corbett at Cool Temperate - a brilliant local tree nursery that has a huge variety of tree fruit and soft fruit. We'll have a fruit cage in the new plan, so we had a lot of fun rounding up some really good varieties of gooseberry, currant, raspberry and blackberry. The new arrivals are all safely potted up and waiting for us to dig over the area for the fruit cage. Watch this space!
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