NORTH KELVIN MEADOW CAMPAIGN

Click here on the link to view the Herald Article on Scotland’s allotment summit published on 11 October 2009.

We all had a very pleasant afternoon today planting 475 bulbs in various parts of the Meadow. If you have any extra then please do come down and plant some.  Turnout today was 24 in total. The extra 75 bulbs were very kindly donated by Gill. Thanks to all who came down – hopefully we’ll see our results next spring / summer.

Some other misc topics on the go:

* We’ve signed up to www.1010uk.org as the Meadow is a good place to do what we can on that subject. For example continuing to plant the Community Fruit Orchard – eventually we want to plant 200 Blackberry bushes, Raspberry bushes and Apples trees along the Kelbourne street side. So far we’ve planted 12. Its a beginning! We’re in the process of applying for grants to buy the bushes / trees.

* We’re in the December edition of Grow Your Own Magazine (obviously not out for a while).

* We been interviewed and might be in the Holyrood online magazine soon that deals with that place of the same name.

Hi all

Your all invited to a bulb planting event at North Kelvin Meadow on
Sunday 11th October at 2pm. That’s a week this Sunday so mark it in
your dairies.

We’ve got 400 bulbs all ready to plant. If all goes well the Meadow
should be a wash with colour next spring / summer.

Things to bring?
Yourself! Bulbs should be handled with gloves so bring an old pair.
Bring a trowel or spade if you have one (we have a few spare). That
it.

How long will the event last?
Don’t worry about coming down for a long time  - 30 minutes to an 1
hour is all that’s required.

How to plant a bulb?
Each bulb needs to be planted to a depth of 3 times its size. So dig a
small hole and place the bulb with its top facing upwards. If not sure
what is the top then plant it on its side. Cover with soil making sure
there are no obvious air pockets. If you need some decent soil to
surround the bulb then take some from the big white bags in the far
corner. Its as easy as that! What’s more, many of them should flower
year after year.

Can’t make that time?
Feel free to plant bulbs at other times if you have them. The more the merrier!

What’s the latest with the Land?
Not really that much! The Council still want to sell it, but haven’t
found a buyer. The local community increasingly see it as a place that
shouldn’t be built on. As the land is used more as a green space by
the local community the case strengthens to keep it as such.

Hope to see you then.