by Joy Winstanley | Feb 9, 2014 | blog |
Old carpet keeps in heat & damp. The Friends built a composting area at the back of the garden using recycled wood. We feel that a good composting regime will enable us to put some organic matter into the soil. Although we were pleasantly surprised by the soil we...
by Joy Winstanley | Feb 8, 2014 | blog |
That’s Dedication! A few days later, while attending St. Helen’s hospital we saw that someone had used pieces of the old hospital buildings to build an insect house and other garden features. I did not have my camera with me and my mobile phone is so old that it...
by Joy Winstanley | Feb 6, 2014 | blog |
If someone else has a good idea why not steal it? February is not a good month to be gardening but we went on the hunt for ideas of things we could put in the garden. Graham Workman suggested that we go and look what another Friends group had done at Pennington so...
by Joy Winstanley | Feb 4, 2014 | blog |
Garden Idea Of course the land does not belong to the Friends and we needed to ask Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust [WLCT] if we could tackle changing this piece of land into a garden. A group of Friends met with Graham Workman, Wigan’s Wildlife Officer, and talked to...
by Joy Winstanley | Jan 28, 2014 | blog |
What could we do? In January 2014 I had my 70th birthday and my present to myself was to DO SOMETHING about this mess. I raised it at the next Friends’ meeting and after some discussion the following idea was put forward. We would turn the area into a low...
by Joy Winstanley | Jan 2, 2014 | blog |
A Neglected Piece of Land This is the ongoing story of a neglected piece of land facing the car park. It has long annoyed me as it is the first sight that many people see when they get out of their car. It has not been touched for many years and is head high in...
