It's been a busy few weeks at Howden. Both benches are finished (hurrah!) and look fantastic. We had plenty of help from Willie, who took the time to teach some of our volunteers a thing or two about stone, drystone ...
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My Last Blog
On Tuesday of last week we were out at Thorn Primary School. We had the task of weeding the flower beds and then spreading mulch on them. The weather on Tuesday was great from what I can remember so everyone was in high ...
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Sunshine at the sundial
Last week was the first sunny week in Edinburgh for a long time. It was also the first week that felt properly spring like this year.
Tuesday was a fantastic day at Inverleith park. We were working in the sundial ...
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Marshmallows and Snow
On Tuesday we were at the community gardens in Linwood where we were spreading bark chip in the various beds and paths at the rear of the gardens. The first thing we did when we got there however was to build a shelter using ...
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Water Wonderful World
The clue to what last week was like is in the title really. There was a lot of water about, and at times we were in it, on it and under it!
On Tuesday we were down in Colinton Dell, doing path scraping and drain clearance. ...
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