Author Archives: Richard Gregson

I was told, once, by a boastful Texan than his brother had a cabbage farm in Texas and he planted four cabbages per acre. Not only were his cabbages big but apparently so was the farm itself. He explained that if his brother got his car started in the morning and drove in a straightContinue reading “What spacing should we use to plant our vegetables?”

Three hours hard work in the sun this morning saw some serious progress at the Garden with rows of tomatoes, cucumbers and celery amongst other vegetables set out in rows. We also started sowing giant pumpkin seeds for our annual youth pumpkin competition – the two little girls in pink are proud custodians of aContinue reading “Successful planting session today”

Pumpkin planting tomorrow (and other good things – please come and help for an hour) We would would welcome your help for an hour or so tomorrow morning at the Garden any time from 9am onwards … this is an important day in our calendar when we will be planting:   Tomatoes   Cucumbers   and seeds for the Youth Giant Pumpkin Competition  

… students from the school came along today to continue the task of preparing the site. Thanks to those who came along.

A meeting of the Gardeners is scheduled for 19:30h at Fritz on Tuesday 17 May … any supporters are welcome and come and share their thoughts.

Our thanks to the more than a dozen gardeners who came to the Garden at Fritz this morning and worked hard to get the ground ready for this years plantings. In fact we successfully sowed the first rows of beans today … Mountains of rocks were cleared, barrowloads of dandelions dug out and a lotContinue reading “First vegetables planted”

Our gardening season for 2016 started last Saturday 7 May with a determined effort to till the soil and start laying it out for rows of vegetables destined for local food banks and the meals-on-wheels service.

The Garden at Fritz had an information stall at the town’s Earth Day today and spread the word a bit more while signing up some potential new volunteers. Thanks to Gisela and Isabelle for handling the crowds.

Nous allons commencer le travail dans le jardin au début de mai et vous invitons à venir et aider pour une heure ou plus longtemps. Tous sont les bienvenus. Nous allons travailler sur les jours suivants de 9h à midi. S’il vous plaît venir pour aussi peu ou autant de temps que vous pouvez offrir.Continue reading “Calendrier pour mai 2016”

We will be starting work in the Garden in early May and invite you to come along and help – for an hour or for longer. Everyone welcome. We will be working on the following days from 9am to noon. Please come for as little or as much time as you can offer. Saturday 7Continue reading “Volunteer Schedule – May 2016”