Tidying up the neighbourhood gardens
Editor
We were aware that our building site is not the prettiest and could be quite an eyesore to those living next to it. This thought occurred to one of our members who gifted some money towards buying bulbs and plants to put into the flower beds in Cleland Avenue. We also had loads of plants [ more… ]
In Pictures: Community Planting Day
Lindsey Gray
A lovely time at the garden today. Help from Bill, Jennie, Rab and Sam, Lorna, Caitlin and Caleb, Dave, Jackie and Andy, Lindsey and Ian and Alexander. Donations of cakes and biscuits also from Jacqueline, Christine, Linda and Liz, Lorna, Jennie and a couple of packets of biscuits via the prayer meeting for next time. [ more… ]
Scraping and Shaping for Spring
Ian Gray
March is here, and with it Spring has sprung. Well, it feels like that. There are snowdrops appearing around the Meadow, and lots of activity going on to bring the garden back to life after the winter. Mark (the JCB King) was back this morning, doing some shaping and scraping for us – to be [ more… ]
Futureshape? Eco Challenge Fund grant awarded to the King’s Meadow
Ian Gray
It was announced at the Baptist Assembly in Scotland last weekend that the King’s Meadow has been awarded a grant from the Futureshape? Eco Challenge Fund. Run by BMS World Mission, this fund is financed by carbon offsetting travel of BMS and related staff, as well as travel to Baptist Assemblies in the UK. Most [ more… ]
Not just tatties
Ian Gray
Although we’ve talked about potatoes quite a lot (and we did harvest several bucketfuls of them!) there have been plenty of other things growing in the King’s Meadow this year. Some beautiful wild flowers, parsley, squash, marrows, leeks, and a peculiar green thing that looks like an extra from a sci-fi movie. Can anyone tell [ more… ]
In Pictures: Getting ready for Spring
Ian Gray
We had a bulb planting session last Saturday, making use of the new raised beds and ensuring that we have some colours emerging in the Spring. Plenty to get involved in for young and old – we particularly appreciated the harvest from the chocolate brownie tree and the coffee bush!
In Pictures: Beds in place
Ian Gray
Our new raised beds (as reported in the previous post) were put in place last weekend by Mark from local firm Graham Irvine. Mark is a grand master of the JCB (actually it was a Caterpillar) – he levelled and lifted and spun and nudged and filled to our hearts delight. There is no doubt [ more… ]
The solution for sleepy gardeners?
Ian Gray
After our last article in the Peeblesshire News, we had a phone call from John Irving of Advance Construction. They had five large raised beds which had been built for a development up in Edinburgh, but had gone unused. Would we like them, he asked, for £250? Two of us went up to have a [ more… ]
Tools, glorious tools
Ian Gray
Had a phone call this morning, from a lovely lady offering us about a gazillion hand tools for use in the King’s Meadow. She’d read about the garden in the PBC Newsletter that’s just gone out around the South side of Peebles, and saw our request for tools. We’re hoping to get groups like Brownies [ more… ]
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