I mentioned last time that the donated electric propogator was going to come in handy in the New Year… On December 12th, we’re having a Christmas Fair up at the Green Centre with mulled wine, cakes and treats. Amongst the music and singing, and several stalls selling Christmas goodies, we’ll be holding art and spinning workshops, so it’ll be fun and busy.
My part in all of this is to promote the work we’ve been doing in the gardens. By December, I should have the winter vegetables in and also have planted the green manure on the other side of Dave ready for the spring vegetables. The lawn should be on its way to glory by then as well, and I’ll have much to talk about with the visitors.
This includes promoting the workshops I’ll be holding in the spring - something I’m very excited about. We’re holding an initial ten workshops in all with space for ten people on each workshop. This covers five vegetables and the gist of the workshops is to show how to grow a vegetable in a container.
Mel and I are both very passionate about getting people to grow, no matter how much or how little space or soil they have. So, I’m covering carrots and beetroot in buckets, potatoes in bags, salad leaves in wooden boxes and herbs in tin cans. This is very exciting for me!
I’m in the process of doing the lesson plans and making the handouts, and then it’s on to gathering the materials so that everyone goes away with a container, some soil, seeds and mulch. I’m using the propogator to grow the seedlings on ready for the workshops so that I actually have something to plant out!
W00t!