Eglu Cube Coop For Sale

[MedusA]

For the last few weeks, every Monday afternoon, a group of us have been changing the face of Erdington (Birmingham) by planting up some of the municipal beds in the town centre with fruit and veg. For the most part this has been well-received by the people of Erdington, even the revellers of The Swan pub have been lured away from their pints on occasion.

 

In defiance of detractors who told us that everything would be trashed, most of the crops have been left undisturbed. Sadly, we have had one incident in which some of the fruit trees from a previous project have been ripped out of their planters and stolen. Obviously this was by someone who knows nothing about fruit trees as they were just setting fruit and are most unlikely to survive transplanting.

 

The project is ongoing until at least September and the crops we raise will be available for volunteers to take home. Here is an item about it from the local magazine.

 

 

We have a video on our allotment website that explains a bit about it. http://www.courtlaneallotments.com

[Egluntyne]

Fantastic! Well done.

[chickweed]

I went to school in Erdington in the 1960s. What a great project.

 

Good luck

[Lewis]

 

Well done!

[Tiggy]

I grew up in Erdington & anything you can do to cheer the place has up has to be good Its not the prettiest of towns

[MedusA]

I know what you mean Tiggy, but some of us are trying to do what we can to improve it.

 

We have our Edible Erdington Harvest Festival on Saturday 16th, 11am to 3pm, at our raised beds outside the Co-op in Erdington, if anybody wants to come along.