Sunday 28th November 2021
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Report written by Richard Breakspear
A lovely crisp sunny winter's day for helping out at the Royate Hill Community Orchard.
Several tasks were tackled:
Phil and Russ shifted a load of compost and repaired a rotten compost bin.
Paul and James headed down to the woodchip pile to load up a load of boxes to be driven up to the Orchard
Richard and Sarah, and later Russ and Phil shifted the boxes out of the car and helped cart them up the hill and mulched around the trunks of the various apple trees.
Thanks for coming along everyone, good work!
The orchard has a long history starting with winning a champain to keep the allotment site from turning it into a housing site. We are all volunteers who enjoy spending time outside and learning about gardening techniques based on permacuture principles. The coordinator of the project is Mike Feingold who oversees the two areas rented by the community project. We grow annual and perennial vegetables which we share with volunteers and community food groups. We also propagate plants, graft trees, make apple juice and other land-based educational activities. We run 2 monthly workdays where everyone is welcome to drop in with no prior experience expecting fom them.
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