In today’s working party Rita & Nolice cleared some of the willowherb which has finished flowering, and added the woody stalks to the dead hedges. Clearing this area gave the lovely curves of the dead hedge a bit of space, … Continue reading Willowherb, water table & plumbing
A damp day and a small group, but we got plenty done. We focused on the mini food-forest today, adding plants to it and tidying the paths. You might remember we planted the food forest up earlier this year, putting … Continue reading Food Forest Additions
Storm Claudia swept through Coventry on Friday and now our pond is a lake and the water butts are all full! We even spotted a Grey Wagtail checking out the new facilities! If you really squint, you can see it … Continue reading The rain it raineth every day
Another beautiful sunny autumn Sunday. The plan for today was to see how far we could get digging out some ponds and scrapes to help intentionally store water on the land in the mini-nature reserve. We’ve tried to time the … Continue reading Digging in
It was brilliant to have Mark and his drone back to capture (from the air) our progress on the project site. Here (below) are some of the shots – if you want to see the ‘before’ shots, they are here. … Continue reading Progress seen from the air
Bitterly cold couple of hours today, rigging up the IBC totes to harvest rainwater from the shelter roof. There is a bewildering array of advice online about how best to do this, so today’s rig is a temporary version. Eventually, … Continue reading Rainwater Collection #5 & raised beds
Today, a vacant plot. The sad thing is that vacant plots are never left in a good condition, unless the tenant moves to another city in the middle of the growing season. People – understandably – never really want to … Continue reading Rainwater Collection #4
We were lucky with another sunny morning, but less people were able to attend, so those that were there constructed a system to collect water into two barrels on Plot 11, where there is no shed or other building to … Continue reading Rainwater collection #3
This morning’s working party connected new guttering and downpipe to the shed on Plot 23 to collect rainwater running off the roof. On Plot 12, which has no buildings from which to harvest rainwater, we rigged up a tarpaulin between … Continue reading Rainwater Collection #2
The first communal rainwater collection tank went in today. We fitted guttering along one edge of the toilet roof and a drainpipe to collect the water into an IBC tank. We put mesh over the hole in the top of … Continue reading Rainwater Collection #1
