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Great news

GREAT NEWS! We have the chance to work with BAVS to create a fabulous food growing area behind their shop in Eyemouth. There is lots to do and so we are looking for volunteers to help clear, dig and plant. If you have some spare time this Autumn and want […]

And then there were plants

The bit we had all been looking forward to – hard work over and now for the plants. We have planted a mix of perennial salads, such as Salad Burnett and Lemon Sorrel; plenty of herbs for the residents to pick and add to recipes, some strawberry plants and flowering […]

Soil shifting

Building raised beds takes LOTS of soil!

Progress at Linkim Court

First we moved soil…then we laid paving. Shane, Annie and Karen worked in the east coast haar and drizzle today but it was good to get back on site after missing two weeks due to the heavy rain that has been such a big part of the Scottish Summer this […]

The first harvest

From the first day we put a spade in the soil 5 months have passed. There has been lots of hard work from all of the volunteers but at last we have some food to show for it! A very fine crop of Scottish potatoes. And we are living up […]

Chips with everything

Today was chips day – wood chips! Annie, Shane and Karen removed leylandii trees that had been allowed to grow too large for a small garden and a large Laburnum that had sadly fallen in the high winds, in Coldingham. They were joined by Sandy, who helped with the loading […]

More progress today as the sun shone on Linkim Court.

We had additional support today from George and Jamie from BHA who began the demanding job of laying paving flags. It might seem odd to be paving over ground but Linkim Court is a special case. The new raised beds will be fitted with seats which will allow the older, […]

Back to work at Linkim Court

After a week-long break we were hard at work again today at Linkim Court. And we had a visit from Bonnie the Snoodle! She was much happier than she looked here and her barking kept the cheeky Eyemouth seagulls away from our biscuits at tea break! And we were delighted […]

Good News Story

We were delighted to have a full page article LINK, Scottish Borders Third Sector News. Thanks to Kathleen Travers for the continued support and encouragement.

And meanwhile at Ayton…

The Community Forest Garden is really taking shape. Our second monthly volunteering afternoon allowed us all to see how the garden is coming along and to lend a hand with general maintenance and advice. There are field beans, soft fruit, shrubs, bushes, trees herbs, flowers and vegetables. Not bad for […]