Welcome to the SRT blog No. 113

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19th Aug 2022 – Welcome to our blog post No.113

Do take a look at Emily from Herts County Councils new project. You can help and take part…..

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The Northchurch litter picking team in………………… Northchurch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of different coloured tomatoes for the harvest this week 9kg in total – they have loved the hot weather and are soooo sweet. There was also lots of chard and spinach for the veg boxes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sheep love eating apples so they have to be harvested carefully and kept an eye on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheeky cats relaxing whilst Sam is still on holiday. He’s back soon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Back for more – the Thursday yoga group back in action at Hemel Food Garden.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue team out for the first of the blackberry picking around the Hemel Food Garden site – maybe their fingers became a darker colour match to their tops?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike and the team were working on the honey extraction from our hives this week in the bakery space. Look at the beautiful golden colour.

 

 

 

 

 

Seed sowing & houseplant propagation.

 

 

 

 

 

HFG said their farewells to Adam who has now left to do his internship at a coffee shop in Chorleywood 5 days a week! Good luck Adam and thanks for all your help over the last 4 years. It was a pleasure working with you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And also goodbye to Nick who’s been at Sunnyside longer than all of the project workers – 9 years. We had an afternoon of celebration with music, dancing, and dart throwing. Good luck Nick in your future adventures in Cornwall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working on the Dens house garden which is developing really well in this weather. Tidy and lovely neat edges as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Houseplant weeding, watering, and propagating

 

 

 

 

 

An incredible effort from Lewis and Anthony clearing an allotment at Chipperfield allotments ready for the new owner. Before and after pics.

 

 

 

 

 

A bit of downtime with jigsaws & Jenga

 

 

 

 

 

Berkhamsted school outside contract. Claudia & Diane helping to weed & wrestling with bind weed – Claudia’s favourite weed!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Luka with this week’s sunflowers from the Activity Centre for the market stall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ian doing the dusting – teamwork

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noreen with the new African snails

 

 

 

 

 

Annette & Mark weeding St Peters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suru & Tim harvesting blackberries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clare watering on the allotment.

 

 

 

 

 

Tim & Suru harvesting runner beans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark, Noreen & Ian making homemade burgers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott watering the Aylesbury prune sapling trees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luka & Aisha planting up the boundary planters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael getting the drinks ready.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aisha & her sister chopping runner beans for chutney, and Becca, and Ed. Sophia preparing freezer bags for all the runner beans for chutney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael preparing lavender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sophia litter picking in Bovingdon

 

 

 

 

 

 

BRE volunteers – second visit by a team to help remove the mypex from the fruit area.

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Have a great weekend….

…until next week.