Tuesday was once more at Dunbar. More brash piling and tree transplanting in the morning. There was room for two more wheel barrow loads of trees at the edge of the pond. These got planted with remarkable speed so that by ...
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Mulching back in the big bad woods
On Tuesday we were at Leith Links Children's Orchard doing a variety of tasks including tree mulching and planting. The first job was to scrape the turf away from the base of each tree which took a little more effort than I ...
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Life’s a picnic… bench
Thursday was so special that it gets its own blog entry (or Phil wasn't out and so hasnt a clue what happened). Today we we're installing 3 picnic benches at Colinton Dell to replace the plastic ones that had thoughtfully ...
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Gypsy Braes Litter-Picking
With a picturesque panorama over the Firth of Forth Gypsy Braes should be the kind of spot where you can sit out in the sun and relax and enjoy the view and the various budding and blossoming trees in the background. ...
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Ridiculous undergrowth, rubble and raised beds
We're actually half way through our second 10-week Green Gym in Kirkcaldy, and I've only just gotten round to doing a blog. Very lax of me so here goes...
We started at the end of February at the Cottage Family Centre in ...
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