The Weekday Conservation Team recently carried out work for Carlton with Chellington Parish Council. They saw our advert in the January issue of the Parish Council Newsletter. The work carried out included formalising the ...
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Compost stables!
The Weekday Conservation Team and their skills were needed at the Green Man Garden at Addison Howard Park during October. Compost bins were needed. These are easy to build if you know how.
We used wooden pallets for the ...
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I’m not going to make a joke about being batty for the garden…
Back in sunny, warm, September, we welcomed lots of visitors to the Green Man Garden for a Bat Workshop.Diana from the Beds Bat Group came along to give us a talk about bats, and answered plenty of questions from the group ...
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Join in, feel good
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All the hard work is worthwhile!
The Brickhill Community Allotment is really starting to take shape now and reward the group's hard work! The ground is still very heavy clay, so here Debbie is planting a green manure crop to help us improve the soil quality. ...
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A step in the right direction!
Stepping up to the mark recently, the Weekday Conservation Team arrived at Dallow Downs in Luton and started replacing old steps to improve this footpath up the side of the hill on behalf of Luton Borough ...
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Invasive species
You might ask, what have we been up to lately?Well, we have been busy with invasive species recently. Those of you who have helped out in the past with removing Ragwort and Himilayan Balsam will have fond memories of those ...
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Fence construction in Carlton
The Weekday Conservation Team was recently tasked with fence construction at a playing field in the village of Carlton, Bedfordshire.Above: A before photograph of the hedge that will be protected by the fence (once it's put ...
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Brickhill Community Allotment
At last, we've had a sunny day on the Brickhill allotment! As the name Brickhill implies, the soil is rather heavy clay in this area - and the recent downpours have meant that for much of the last few weeks, the site ...
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Reaping what we’ve sown!
Wednesday May 30th saw the second public drop-in gardening session at the Green Man Garden, and there was plenty for the volunteers to enjoy!Not only did we have a beautiful sunny day, but there was also the small matter of ...
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