We had a busy day last Tuesday (15th) at Lauriston Farm. The Tuesday volunteers (Christiane, Gordon and Martin) came to help Spencer for the day. The centre circle in the Celestial Garden is being cleared of weeds and Gordon has been busy making the central hexagon and benches around the walnut tree in the centre. The hexagon will contain six beds - one for each of the compost preparation plants (dandelion, yarrow, chamomile, nettle, horsetail and valerian).
In the afternoon, we got two of the compost preparations ready for burying over the winter. The dried dandelion flowers were stuffed into part of a cows mesentary and wrapped into a ball, and the dried chamomile flowers were stuffed into parts of a cows intestine. They will be buried over the winter and dug up around Easter time.
In the afternoon, we got two of the compost preparations ready for burying over the winter. The dried dandelion flowers were stuffed into part of a cows mesentary and wrapped into a ball, and the dried chamomile flowers were stuffed into parts of a cows intestine. They will be buried over the winter and dug up around Easter time.