If you don’t know what an Alpaca is, firstly you are missing out, they are unbelievably cute! Alpaca are a South American species of camelids, related to camels and llamas, traditionally farmed in Chilie, Bolivia, Equador and Peru. Alpaca are prized for their wool which provides very high quality fibre for textiles. In our case,Continue reading “Alpaca Manure”
Category Archives: Gardening
URBAN SYBIOSIS
Firstly, what is Urban Sybiosis? The basics of Urban Sybiosis is taking waste materials from one stream and utilising it in another. Using local waste materials saves waste from going into landfill, saves having to move the material around in big polluting diesel trucks, saves money and reduces the need for producing new materials, furtherContinue reading “URBAN SYBIOSIS”
Garden Project Plan
Current ProposalPlease find attached below our current proposal to re-develop the Food Growing or Kitchen Garden Area of the Meadow Orchard Community Garden. Our PlansThe Plan is available to view online as a webpage or download as a PDF. The proposal is a working document and has some great links to our planting schedule, plantingContinue reading “Garden Project Plan”
Sowing & Growing
What are we growingOur growing season is really gaining momentum now, from garlic to broad beans, tomatoes to romanesco, all manner of seeds are being sown ready to plant out in our revitalised polytunnel and brand new raised beds. We’ve cultivated the beds in the poly and installed a new row of pallet collar (reclaimedContinue reading “Sowing & Growing”
Social Farms & Gardens
Meadow Orchard Project is a member of the Social Farms & Gardens network. Social Farms & Gardens is a UK wide charity supporting communities to farm, garden and grow together. Social Farms & Gardens – vision and mission Social Farms and Gardens, help people and communities reach their full potential through nature-based activities as aContinue reading “Social Farms & Gardens”
Capital Growth
#GoodtoGrow2024 Meadow Orchard Project is a member of the London Capital Growth network, we are also registered for the Good to Grow campaign 2024. Sustain, the organisation that runs Capital Growth has a network of all of the member gardens, the Good to Grow Network. Good to Grow (the new name for the Big Dig)Continue reading “Capital Growth”
Garden Plans
Current Plans We are currently redeveloping the food growing area of raised beds around the polytunnel. The site has looked a little like a construction site over the winter as our volunteers carried out this heavy work, preparing new scaffold board raised beds and installing hugelbeds. Former usageThe history of the site is quite variedContinue reading “Garden Plans”
Biochar @MOP
Biochar is a valuable soil additive, made from woody timber waste or other bio-waste material. Hardwood or softwood waste can be used, based on local availability. Often waste materials from crops can be used if those are readily available. At Meadow Orchard we use kiln-dried softwoods and hardwoods from a local woodworking shop. This isContinue reading “Biochar @MOP”
Get Composting
We use organic matter from a number of local waste streams to produce compost and mulch for our food growing ‘Kitchen Garden’ and Orchard. We have offered to compost the spent brewery grain, hops and yeast from the nearby Muswell Hillbillies brewery, waste micro greens substrate from Tasty Micros, arborists woodchip from Forbes Tree Surgeons,Continue reading “Get Composting”
Our new bench!
A big THANKYOU to AO.com for donating this fab new bench! If you have visited Meadow Orchard you’ve probably noticed the new bench / planter in our Food growing area / Kitchen Garden next to our polytunnel. The benches were donated to a number or community gardens and green spaces around Haringey and Meadow OrchardContinue reading “Our new bench!”
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