The sale outside the co-op was a reasonable success.

You'll notice that we were selling before we had time to put the sign up!

Lots of people are away this week so the meeting on Monday might be a bit sparse.
Have you noticed a clematis on the yard fence?  Have I been hacking at it thinking it was mile-a-minute?  Here it is in flower - not on the millennium garden side, but on the side facing the park - isn't it pretty?

Barmy in Bloom

What do you call people who stand out in the rain for two hours selling plants?
Beeston in Bloom

As you can see, we did get a steady trickle of customers.  Luckily we were clearing up when the hail and freezing rain was turned on and so the plants we did not sell will be OK for the Co-op in a couple of weeks.
My seeds for the veg initiative are through, still not big enough to make a photo though.  I hope everyone elses are growing strong.

Last week catch up

On Tuesday we were invited to the Civic Hall along with other voluntary groups to a ceremony recognising our achievement.  We had a display and table and a chance to talk to people that I'd never met before.  One thing I found out about was guardianleeds (www.guardian.co.uk) which is where the photo comes from:

We're next to the door!

Here's Linda and Betty collecting the certificate from Angela, who had her councillor hat on:

South Leeds community radio were also there -

Friday was the visit to Greenmount Primary - our first of this round of assemblies.  We had 5 minutes and we'll know how it went when we get the response on the 7th May, because I can't tell.
The children seemed so little after two years absence, but still just as terrifying en masse! Still, without the butterflies there'd be no point.

And of course, Saturday was the Spring plant sale.  The weather was great, the customers were there as soon as we started setting up and we sold steadily for a couple of hours.  As last spring, there weren't enough tomato plants.  I brought half a dozen aubergines home to fatten up for the summer.