More Big Dig pics!

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The Very Big Dig!

How much hard work and community spirit can you cram into one small corner of London on a chilly Friday in March? Just ask our volunteers from Lakehouse, City and Guilds, and Kings Crescent Estate. We had around 40 people working all day building raised beds, moving compost, mowing, moving compost, tidying up, moving compost, making food... and moving compost. Our tireless volunteers moved 5 tonnes of top soil and around 12 tonnes of compost. That is SEVENTEEN TONNES of shovelling and barrowing. An amazing feat. At the end of the day we now have 16 new raised beds, two tidy sites, a list of volunteers ready to garden for the year, many weary muscles and warm hearts.

From all of us at Kings Crescent a very heart felt thank-you to everyone from Lakehouse, City and Guilds, London Wildlife Trust and of course Capital Growth. We were so impressed with your work ethic and community spirit. With dozens of people shovelling compost all day, this really was a very Big Dig.

Getting Ready for the Big Dig!

The Big Dig is on Friday and we look like we have things organised! Lakehouse, the contractors currently working on the estate, have kindly donated materials, soil and seeds for our new garden beds, and their time to help build them on Friday.Volunteers from City and Guilds will be joining us to move compost, mow lawn, tidy up and maybe even get some seedlings going. It will also be the first day for us gardeners to get together and start work for the coming season. Let's hope for rain until Thursday night (goodness knows we need it!), then a nice fine day for working on our new site and getting our first site ready for the spring.

London Food Link Soiree

London Food Link brings together farmers, growers, chefs, food writers, caterers, and almost anyone interested in improving the sustainability of food in London. On 14th March they are holding a get together at the Islington Barn, a fun little popup farm-shop / restaurant just off Upper St. Sarah will be going along to let people know about Ready, Steady, Grow and to learn more about the exciting actions and initiatives going on around London.

Hitting the Pavement

Sarah and Kelly have been out and about visiting the businesses of Blackstock Road and Highbury Barn looking for sponsors for Ready Steady Grow! Lots of lovely people interested to hear about our project and to consider joining us. We look forward to hearing back from them soon, so we can all get ready, steady and grow together!