Our corners are finally done - thanks James! and we have 2 spiffy new signs.
30 students from TAFE and 3 of their enthusiastic teachers visited to talk about the garden, including how the garden works, how it benefits the community and the type of crops grown. They seemed to enjoy themselves and their interest was extremely encouraging. Here's a photo of some of the students wandering about the garden.
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Genevieve & Anne planting seeds.
Damien checking the newly levelled star pickets. You can see the difference between the tidied bed & the one yet to be done.
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Early morning & the trenching power team is hard at work.
The gravel & half the soil are already on site.
The ever smiling Sandi wielding a trenching shovel.
Anne getting to the bottom of the trench, Tom takes photos of the lovely crop of beans sprouting in Bed C.
Trenching skills on show - look at those straight lines!
Giulia & Meghan star picket driving. The only casualty of the day were Giulia's jeans. ;)
Guy & Giulia look on as Damien precision drills the end of the garden bed in place. Sandi, Shigeko & Cathie in the background.
Lunch time & everyone hoovers up the efforts of the catering crew - thanks Anne & Kait!
Stefan, Damien, Sandi, Patricia & Hilary get stuck into shoveling the soil.
All done by 5pm - Cathie hosing down the sides of the new garden bed.
The beans have all germinated in the last 2 weeks, marigolds & zucchini also doing well.
Flowers already appearing on the cucumbers planted two weeks ago on the last build day.