West Cork Community Garden Project (Free)

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This project is mainly intended for people who are unemployed.* The produce will be shared, for the benefit of those who otherwise could not afford organic food. This is a Greenfriends initiative. *ofcourse anyone who is interested is welcome.

Website: http://workwithnaturegardening.wordpress.com/
Location: West Cork
Members: 8
Latest Activity: Jun 30

Were we stand so far.

There has been some interest already, 12 people have signed up. The project has been going on officially at the Hollies since the 14 of March. We can take an unlimited amount of people, as that is what the public liability covers us under (within reason), Children are covered as well.
We have been given long term use of about one third of an acre, this is south facing and well sheltered. We have also sourced seeds and some gardening tools and a big pile of manure that we will make into compost for next autumn. Big thanks to those who have made this possible.
The Hollies have asked, if we could help them by joining in to the work days that they organise (2 days a year). This I passed on to the group and nobody had any objections. There will be 26 days in the year that we will be visiting the garden, we will help the hollies on two of these days. Personally I think it is a good thing to do. There has been a mountain of work done already, well done guys :)
It is also never to late to join in all welcome

We still need:
More participants,
Friendly farmer with some old Hay or straw to give away,
More tools, old tunnel, more seeds maybe,
People to pass on the message. Please tell those you think could help.

We rely on the public, the rich and poor alike to fund this project.

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Comment by David Maloney on May 29, 2010 at 7:03pm

Hey guys,
Great work last sunday, here are some of the pics.
We will meet sunday the 6th same place same time see you there.

Comment by David Maloney on April 19, 2010 at 7:44pm: Well you got us there :)
See you on sunday.

Comment by Lavinia on April 15, 2010 at 11:54pm: Ha ha look at the photo of the guys yapping and all the girls working hard!!

Comment by David Maloney on April 15, 2010 at 1:27am

Here are some pictures of our most resent gardening day.
The next one will be on the 25th at 11 o' clock, all welcome.

We planted a bed and a half of leeks, a bed of letuce, and three beds of brasicas.

It was a realy nice and sunny day and most of us became quite tired just from the heat. Karren gave a workshop on willow growing, and we planted a living willow structure and planted 30 plants of basketry willow.

It is great to see it all starting to come together and it is important to point out that at any time new faces will be welcomed.

Till then Best wishes David.

Comment by David Maloney on March 31, 2010 at 11:10pm

Hi Guys,
It was great to see some new faces jet again, especially two Jung girls of the age of around 4. This has given rise to us planning to plant living willow structures, in order to create a safe and fun environment for kids too.
Thanks to all who could make it out last Sunday, it was hard getting up that hour earlier. We got lots done, we did things like:
Onion planting/ we made more beds/ planted up 6 beds of potatoes/ made a good start on our compost heap and sowed a lots of different veg seed in trays and pots.
The weather was again on our side and people remained socialising, we decided to finish next time with some teas and cakes.

All new comers welcome.

We are also doing a two day workshop; this is free on container gardening, wormeries and compost teas. The Growin Project aims at teaching youth (age 15 to 25) how to grow veggies, so they can do this at home in whatever space available to them. For more info please follow this link.

Best wishes David.

Comment by David Maloney on March 25, 2010 at 3:13pm: Hi all,
so we will meet again in the car park at the Hollies at 11 this Sunday.
Please let me know if you are stuck for a lift again, those of you who got lifts before, please try the same people as before.

It is important to ring me before hand for directions, as the reception is very poor and I will not be able to help. It is also important to be on time in the car park, if you don't know the site, as finding it is difficult.
Also please bring some tools, as we were a bit short on shovels. I will donate some more, but the number seams to be growing so that is one thing that could be useful. Please bring the usual: / packed lunch/ rain gear/ Teas, coffee/.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes David.

Comment by David Maloney on March 15, 2010 at 8:50pm

We have been lucky with the weather so far.
Another day of sunshine, also plenty of people showed up. Thanks guys.
We will meet again on the 28th of March at 11.00 pm, please be on time.

We were making beds and it was great to get so many done. In total 10 beds, and are actually ahead of schedule in relation to our sowing plan. We also started collecting materials for the compost making, a big pile of bracken ideal for adding carbon and minerals to the pile. At the end of the day we planted the first outdoor crop (Parsnips), and finished the day with lots of people hanging on and socialising.

Comment by David Maloney on February 21, 2010 at 10:12pm

What a great day again, at the Hollies!!
We decided to not do the compost but instead marked out the beds, and we even started making the lazy beds (see photos). We will do the compost next time; witch will also be the Official opening day for the project. The 14th of March.
It was quite amazing; at witch speed me and Karren managed to make the vegetable bed. And we also marked out the hole of the beds with strings and small stakes, so we will be pretty much ready to go in March.
For those who don't know, Karren is our other Greenfriends Gardener, she will be also helping with any questions on the day.

The first picture is the site, all the others are us making the lazy bed and the last one is our farm yard manure pile.
Best wishes David.

Comment by David Maloney on February 17, 2010 at 11:51pm: Reminder
So I will be going out to the hollies on this Sunday, some of you have expressed your desire to come for that day as well. There is one space left in a car from Bantry(thanks Suzy) and there are some people who could carpool from clonacilty( thanks Mary). We will meet in the Hollies car park at 11 o'clock on the 21st of Feb.
Please bring the following:
Rain gear and wellys,
Packed lunch and a flask of warm coffee or tea,
Some gardening tools,
Please contact me for directions.
Cheers best wishes David.

Comment by David Maloney on February 8, 2010 at 5:53pm: Hi All,
so today (6thFeb.) was a great day out at the community Garden (with such nice weather). We limed the 3rd of an acre and had a general look at the site. The next one is on Sunday the 21st of Feb. and we will start making compost for the day, this in preparation for next autumn. I have also started of some leek and cauliflower seedlings and tomorrow will do other ones as well, for planting out end of March.
Also there are quite a few who would need lifts from Bantry, so if any one can offer lifts. One lady is in need of a lift from Cork as well.
Best wishes David.

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