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The garden has literally exploded with growth in the past month with the warm, wet weather providing perfect growing conditions. Our potatoes and tomatoes are, luckily, under the cover of the polytunnel and should therefore be insulated from the risk of blight which accompanies wet and warm summer weather. We will soon be starting to build another raised bed to be filled with oriental greens such as pak-choi which will provide a good source of greens as the weather eventually begins to get colder.

Are you aged between 16 and 25 or 50 years of age and over?
Interested in learning plumbing skills within a day?
Living in North or east Manchester?

IF YOU HAVE ANSWERED YES TO THESE THREE QUESTIONS, THEN THIS TASTER DAY MAY BE FOR YOU?

Bringing Communities Together

We will be holding a number of taster days in local venues.
The time will be filled learning how to repair a burst water pipe and building a functional gravity fed system.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERD FOR A PLACE ON THIS UNIQUE
FUN PROGRAM PLEASE CALL

Friday the 16th of July saw the first free gardening session at Edge Lane Allotments.
The session was provided by Debdale Echo Centre who delivered a very friendly and useful session.
We all learned something,new, which is what its all about, we learned how to protect our soil with green manures and how to keep the plot productive over the winter period.

There were lots of interesting questions asked and some good banter during the session.
I hope the next session will be as good.

The next session will be on Friday the 13th of August 10 am till 12
Mulching and Water Management.

Free Gardening Course At Edge Lane Allotments, starting on Friday 16th July 2010 10am till 12pm.
The course will be run by the Dedale Eco Centre Team, so I'm sure It will be full of usefull gardening tips.

The first session will cover Planning the Winter Plot for all those gardeners who think veg only grows in the summer.

The second session will be on Friday 13th August 2010 10am till 12pm this session will cover Harvesting: Storing: Preserving and seed saving.

The third session will be on Friday the 17th of September 2010. This session will cover Mulching & Water management,

As part of ‘Zero Waste Week’, thirteen schools from across the Manchester local authority have been working hard to slim their school bins for the past few weeks. This competition is the first of its kind in Manchester and was organised by environmental charity EMERGE 3Rs to encourage schools to combat their waste. As the challenge is nearly over, it is time to identify the school that has reduced its waste the most, and to congratulate the schools, staff and pupils who have taken part in this Manchester-wide rubbish diet.