Mid-week volunteering
May 12, 2009
Members are more than welcome to volunteer to work during the week – not just on Sunday mornings.
Give expert grower Jeremy Brown a ring on 07971762227 to find out when it might be convenient to help out on Camel Community Supported Agriculture’s vegetable beds. Weather permitting, of course!
He’s there every day as a member of the farming family who own the land and who have generously offered it rent-free to Camel CSA for the first few months. He grows his own vegetables on the adjoining plot to sell at St Kew Harvest Farm Shop.
Jeremy can arrange to meet you on the site and explain what jobs need to be done. These might include sowing seeds in the potting shed, spreading compost on new beds and weeding around our emerging crops.
Last Sunday we got several new beds raked, fresh compost spread and more seeds sown, including an extra row of peas and some more radishes. We planted out beetroot and chard seedlings and hoed up weeds in the pea, onion and shallot beds.
The devastation to the first rows of peas that had to be replaced was caused by the pea and bean weevil, not slugs. Apologies all round. Either the resident pheasant or a partridge has been having a go at the spring onions, but the damage is not lasting.
A big thank you to Sunday’s energetic crew – volunteer expert growers Jane, Jeremy B and Mark N and volunteer members Carolyn, Charlotte, Diana, Kitty, Mike H and Mike S.
We had a useful discussion during the tea break about the kind of activities we want to organise for the Open Day on Sunday 7 June – Open Farm Sunday. Any suggestions welcome.
