We finally had a great day for gardening after a week of poor weather and the previous (August) working bee being washed out.
Our numbers were doubled by a group of students from Clonard College, most of whom were first time gardeners. Patrick introduced the ethics of the garden and handed out jobs.
Tracey arrived early and got to weeding one of the leek beds.
Loique worked on the other one, hidden by the broadband.
Mara, as colourful as ever, helps in this front bed too with help from ...
Chris gets those happy-pill soil microbes into his blood stream.
Tom lends an ear to the garden nymphs.
Artemisia collects up the purple Congo potatoes.
Tom loads up the beds with mature compost.
Zero hunts mice.
Meg plants some European parsley.
Ian sprays white oil on the fruit trees.
These two from Clonard College learn to set a compost.
Kim wheels the nitrogen down to the composters.
Patrick pulls out the chickweed that has been feeding us all winter. Chick weed is full of Vitamin C.
Ange returns to the district to lend a hand.
Laura from Join Adventures and Michael, the outdoor ed teacher from Clonard College, lead a weeding team.
Linda and Mara take a moment for a moment.
And Diana, one of the librarians from next door, prepares a frame to hang pollinator hotels. Diana is running a workshop for children to make them, as part of the holiday program.
Next working bee is on the second Saturday of October, 9am -12 noon. See you there!
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