We had a really exhilarating day at the Portobello Town Hall site. If you weren't there, here's what you missed:After weeks of clearing vegetation, today we started uprooting some of the weeds from what will be the growing space.
We were delighted to be joined by Emma who had heard about us on the Guerrilla Gardening website and came along to join in the fun.
As the sun shone, we all stopped for a well-deserved break and a cup of Thea's elderflower cordial (recipe here); humous and breadsticks, wunderbar seedy biscuits, scrummy chocolate cake and of course our beloved Nakd bars. We chatted about 'greenwashing', apron strings, ladybirds and greenhouses. It was a very pleasant way to spend an afternoon.
It was just as well we had an energy boost as it took all of us to remove the remains of an old root system which did not want to be dug up. (Think of The Enormous Turnip story and you have an idea of what we were battling.)Davy, from Pedal, the local climate change group, also stopped by and loaned us a saw. (If you haven't joined Pedal yet, you can download the 'Ordinary'/Portobello residents form here; or Associate membership form here. Membership is only £1 and is necessary to work at the Porty site.
Finally, we filled a dumped loo with soil and planted it up with some of the wild strawberries which grow in abundance on the site.
A tiring but fun day, fab food and new friends. Please join us for the next work-in on Sunday 28th June from 2.00 p.m. You will be most welcome!
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