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The Big Lottery Fund's Local Food scheme has given us another thumbs up with a grant to help develop our current activities. We've got an exciting list of extra things to do. We're going to be erecting a new polytunnel; constructing a livestock corral; installing Gale, our wind turbine; setting up the new plough; making an apple press; putting up…
Following the success of our Growing Futures grant application work has been underway ove the past few months - the greenhouse is well on the way to completion and given the three months of rain we have just had, has been a vital addition to the project. Trainees have learnt basic joinery and blocklaying, as well as getting to grips…
Come and get your hands and feet dirty and help build a clay oven on the weekend of the 11th, 12th and 13th of May. Bring wellies and your favourite bread/pizza/cake recipe. We'll build the plinth in advance so it'll just be the fun bit on the weekend. Apparently they're all the rage, so come and learn and you can…
Members of Greengrow attended a training session on mineral requirements and gut parasites of cattle. The training was provided by the Three Rivers Vet Group, in conjunction with the National Animal Disease Information Service (NADIS), in one of a series of sessions for Greengrow members. Each topic covered by the training consisted of a multimedia presentation and lecture from a…
Members of Greengrow had cause for celebration when Common Ground Co-operative was allowed permission to build a temporary dwelling on its site at Clarkes Lane in Ilketshall St Andrew. Waveney District Council Planning Committee voted to support the plans for a low impact temporary dwelling at its meeting in February. The house is essential to Greengrow's success as it will…
We're having our annual orchard planting weekend on the last weekend of January - starting on the Friday and running through to the Sunday (27th-29th). This year it will be mainly pears - around 90 - and only 10 apple trees, and it will be our last major planting (next…
Work has started on Greengrow's ambitious winter projects. We have dug and poured the foundations for our new 18 meter glass house, part of the Growing Futures project. As a bonus, we were able to use the surplus concrete towards a solid floor and a ramp for the compost toilet. Meanwhile, diggers have been busy digging our one megalitre irrigation…
It's been a very good week for Greengrow. In the space of a week the co-operative learned that the Big Lottery Fund's Local Food scheme has granted us over £13,000 to build a new irrigation reservoir and watering system, while Awards for All has funded our ‘Growing Futures’ project. "This is a very exciting development for us", said Becky Taylor,…
Growing Futures aims to facililitate the growth and ongoing viability of Greengrow through the construction of a new storage and packing facility and a large glasshouse at our market garden in Ilketshall St Andrew. The veg-box packing room and food storage facility, to be built within the existing barn, will…
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