Potting On and Planting Out at The Green Patch

We've also been busy potting on and planting out at The Green Patch

Bessie's babes have been laying eggs

and rewarding themselves with a little fresh greenery!

Autumn

The Green Patch was a hive of activity 

getting ready for the Open Day

Sue experimented with toffee apples

Carole worked with the group to create 

a welcoming banner.

This Autumn there has been an abundance

of delicious apples, we have made crumbles, 

pies, cakes and chutneys.

The nasturtiums are still blooming and 

are a great addition to salads.

Our Grow Wild planters seem to have a curious

 mix of wild flowers.

Down at the end of the patch the boat carries a 

wonderful cargo of flowers.

The ornamental squash have been harvested and the pumpkins

are ready to become both soups and Halloween lanterns!

Bessie's brood are exploring

and free ranging, getting bigger every day

and the raised beds are being turned over, 

ready for the next growing season.

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Autumn on the Green Patch - The View From Here

The Green Patch is a wonderful community allotment run by Groundwork and local volunteers, as part of our new project we will be documenting the changing seasons as viewed from here. Lucy Darby and Nigel Bennett have been making us wonderfully welcome and have introduced us to members of the local community. September has been delicious, blackberries, apples, squash, chard, leeks, carrots. We have been making wild fruit and green tomato chutney to see us through the winter. Already the life-enhancing Green Patch effect has us captivated, we can't wait to get started in earnest!

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