Tideswell Community Garden We’ve had a busy but productive time in the garden since March’s Village Voice Article. Spring seemed to pass instantly into summer and in no time we had seeds planted and a rota for opening and closing the greenhouse! Our plans to make the garden more ‘easy care’ seem to have worked although we are very grateful to the stalwarts who do most of the watering and digging especially over this dry summer. Our youngest gardener is little James Grainger who planted our yellow courgettes (and later enjoy eating them). We’ve harvested new potatoes and elephant garlic, wonderful courgettes and plenty of beans and peas of varying sorts. Soft fruits have been popular with the Village Lunch Club, with puddings made from raspberries or rhubarb or gooseberries while our marigolds (the flowers not the gloves!) often brighten up the lunch club tables. The Tromboncino (a climbing courgette) has been spectacular, small ones are delicious and very tender skinned but one that got away is reaching trombone size (said to be the origin of their name!). We’re looking forward to apples, blackberries and tomatoes as summer turns to autumn and there are still plenty of tiny alpine strawberries to pick as well as herbs.
Our small group of volunteers has taken to meeting up in the garden about once a month, looking ahead at what needs doing and catching up on a few jobs, as well as chatting over a drink and cake. Look out for the dates on our face book page (Tideswell Kitchen Garden), you don’t have to be an expert gardener, just come along to see what’s happening! Gillian White and other Community Gardeners