23/02/13 - Weeding at the Cardinal Triangle

As Judith said in her last post we had a working party at the Cardinal Triangle flowerbed. It was quite overgrown and the weather wasn't the best [there were continual light snow flurries but they didn't really amount to much in the end] however we had a reasonable turn out and, as working hard was the only way to keep warm, we got quite a lot done. We even got some help from our friendly local police CSO.



The grasses needed a good hair cut and there were masses of weeds - I don't think I've ever seen so much chickweed in one place, usually it's more dandelions but maybe it was a bit early for them.



We had two car boots [and most of my backseat] full of weeds and cuttings that we ferried back to compost in the yard at Cross Flatts Park.



I also got my first close up view of the new sign - I think it really stands out.

Sara

Hibernation is over!

The weather may still be raw, but we were doing more than looking forward to Spring this week, Linda, for one was getting ready for it.
Monday was painta-coupla planters day:  We've acquired quite a few over the past two or three years and they mostly go on Town Street.  I think these are intended for Old Lane, outside St Anthony's.  Painting them made me

wonder what the people who wanted rid replaced them with.  Parks Department will empty them of rubbish, fill them with compost and put them in place for us -Thank you Parks Dept.  (Masonry paint washes out well, by the way)

Linda is in the midst of putting together our pamphlet for Yorkshire in Bloom's Spring Judges - not an easy task when you have to cover their list of criteria with words that tread the line between not wishing to brag and recognising the need to sell. Thank you Linda.
Saturday was big work party day.  I missed it but Linda didn't so here is a pic from her.  Thank you to everybody who turned up.
Sara said it was a good couple of hours work and if you compare Linda's pic with this you can see the difference yourself, without having to drive down the ringroad.

Here's a thought to finish off with.  The trouble is (and it is giving me the giggles) the only patch I can think of as half way suitable is the border at the edge of the bowling green. And if you don't get the joke then if nothing happens next week, you might just get 'the saga of the bowling green border'.

Well, what do you know?

"Not a lot." because although this is dated Friday, I wrote it on Sunday 17th Feb.
It's been that sort of week.
I've spent most of it indoors, but to goodish effect - Holbeck in Bloom have got their website up, though it doesn't make it onto Yahoos list so click here to help push it up the rating!
I've also, with Linda's help, got some more photos on our website photo page. If you have any you think could go on the website, send them to either Linda or me and we'll see to it.
And, I've also inset the blog on the website.  Mostly, I must admit, to see if I could.  I'm not sure that there is any more point to it than that, but it won't do any harm!  I think.
I had a little camera walk on Saturday 'cos it was so lovely and, before the battery ran out I got

the planter where Jessamine runs into Barkly Road.

We took it over last year and it is desperately in need of a litter pick.  Memo to self - take carrier bag for litter next time I take the dog a walk.
And I'm not a reliable weed recogniser so I don't know if this is, or not, but it is in flower.

Spring, spring, spring, spring!


It was lovley to see people enjoying the millennium garden in the sun and I was going to go for close ups

 - and the camera battery ran out.
If you are observant, you will see that our Treasurer has changed.  Vivienne, who has done the job for so long and so well has stepped down and Sara has taken her place which is why her picture is now on the blog. Thank you from all of us to Vivienne and best wishes to Sara.

A skip full



Here we are outside Hugh Gaitskell School.  If there seems a lot of us it is because we were joined by Holbeck in Bloom (to see more about them look at the blog list on the right) and Menspace volunteers because it was a big job - as you can just see in the 'after' pic, we filled a skip - and then someone danced on it and we refilled it and someone danced on it and we kept on until all the undergrowth, some of the branches and as much litter as we could keep, given the wind that was blowing, was in there.

In fact we had all sorts of weather but it was warm work so we didn't notice.
The last meeting in The Broadway went well but apparantly was a bit noisy so we're back in the Watsonian Pavilion for the next one.
We had a new volunteer helping us with our clear up.  He saw us on the internet and decided to join in - cheered me up no end to think that you are out there reading our stuff!

What a week for signs!

 Here's the one put up in the Cardinal
Triangle.  The garden is looking ready for the attention it's going to get this month!

And here's the other side, facing the oncoming traffic.