Bracken Pulling

June 24th, 2010 Posted by Mrs Martin

On Wednesday the whole group worked together pulling up the bracken in the meadow. They did a fantastic job and we almost got down to the stream. It shows what you can do when everyone works together.

19/05/10 – herb group

May 20th, 2010 Posted by Vanessa

Today we had the pleasure of learning more about wild ‘herbs’ from Sally, the head gardener of brantwood. We went round our plots to see what we could identify. It is so much harder trying to identify plants using book guides as some are very similar however Sally explained how we could get round itRead the Rest…

Apple Grafting

May 11th, 2010 Posted by Vanessa

I have added some photos of the day most people missed… APPLE GRAFTING! have a look. I’m not sure how to put them onto the blog but they are in the media gallery.

9/05/10 Sunday Green Gym

May 9th, 2010 Posted by Freya

Today, our group of Green Gym members were largely diminished due to injuries and outbursts of the plague in Westmorland house. However, the few of us remaining trooped on. The herb group was left with only two members but managed to taste their nettle soup that they made a few day earlier. The river groupRead the Rest…

Foraging

May 8th, 2010 Posted by Andy & Judy Clark