On Saturday morning (1st February) a group of Northfield allotment plot holders and local residents got together to put a plan into action. Luck was with them because the sun shone - not a drop of rain fell all morning.
Rubbish had to be cleared, muddy paths made clean and a new meadow created for Ealing
There was a major gas leak in Mattock lane - but that wasn't going to stop us.
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| Simon outlines the history of the Radbourne Walk |
Tools at the ready
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| So, everyone knows what to do. |
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| First we need to rake off any fallen branches from the willow tree |
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| and then turn over the soil |
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| you never know what treasures you'll find! |
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| move aside - what's going on here? |
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| purely for medicinal reasons... |
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| who ate all the cake? |
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| Yasmin provided soup - which went down well |
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| The path had become very muddy over the years. All it needed was some water... |
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| ...a stiff brush and some elbow grease. |
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| twenty years of neglect - gone in one morning |
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| OK - prep work is all done |
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| Simon shows us how to mix seeds with sand |
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| Broadcasting the seed |
Please come for a walk down the path - maybe just once a week. Keep looking and soon you'll see seedlings and then flowers. We hope you enjoy the wildflower meadow everyone created on the 1st of February.
The people who did all the hard work were...
Christine Clarke
Dominic Small
Dominique
Ian Wilkinson
Jan Moorhouse
Jon Wilkins
Maggie Touzout
Mo March
Ruth and sons Ben and Dan
Scott
Simon Coleman
Trevor and son Charlie
Vanessa Hodder
Yasmin
This is just the beginning.
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You can email us at allotmentsw13@gmail.com if you'd like to join our volunteer list.
To see our complete plan go to http://ealingdean.blogspot.co.uk/p/radbourne-walk.html
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