Sunny day on The Big Dig

On Saturday 16th March Orchard 49 took part in The Big Dig.  All over the country community gardens opened to volunteers to get busy growing food.  In Manchester, the sun shone (on and off) and we had a great time.

Food and drink was on hand to keep everone's energy levels up and we spent the time pruning all the trees and weeding around the base of the fruit trees and then giving them all a lovely thick mulch of horse manure. Thanks to everyone who helped.

Here are some photos:

Claire putting back the tree guard after mulching

Damien weeding along the fence line of cordon trees

We had some lovely bunting!

Big Dig Open Volunteering Day 16th March

We'll be holding an Open Volunteering Day on Saturday 16th March as part of The Big Dig.

From 12-2.30 pm we'll be busy working on the orchard, so do come along to lend a hand. Jobs we will be doing include:

• Pruning the trees
• barrowing manure and mulching around the trees
• preparing for planting soft fruit
• planting trees we grafted last year

Wear sturdy shoes! If you have gardening gloves, bring them - though we do have some.


Give Debbie a call on 07719 625 725 when you arrive so I can greet you and show you were the orchard is on the allotment site.

Location information: Seymour Grove allotments, off Warwick Court M16 0JG
 
How to get to the orchard:
Buses:15 (Stagecoach/Arriva) runs past Warwick Court (ask for Kings Road Primary).
84 runs along Seymour Grove, alight at Kings Road and its a 5 minute walk to the allotment site.

Metrolink: You can travel to Firswood station and its a 5 minute walk to the allotment site.