The work at Dovehouse continued into March with marking out the small allotment beds and preparing for the Grand Opening on the 6th April by the Mayor. The area looks very different from the scrubland when work started in December.
A course on fruit tree grafting run by the WFEG at Whittington was very useful in learning how to propagate and plant rare local varieties such as Whittington Hero and Roland Smith at the Mill, both Staffordshire apples.
At Woodmill the greenhouse was finished ready for the spring seed trays.
Also it was warm enough some days for the bees to come out for a wee and collect some food.
Not only the bees surfaced but so did a few hardy folk for our open day on the 25th March.
Slices of tree were oiled to produce fabulous coasters ready for feasts later in the year.
Thanks Rob & Rhys
Talking of visitors looking forward to welcoming 35 visitors from the Shropshire Organic Gardeners to Woodmill in June. More coasters required!