Hard tennis court
Previously, briefly run as a safe space children’s garden, Hogacre’s hard tennis courts are ‘potential looking for a purpose’. There are now exciting plans being drawn up for the space.
Meanwhile, a number of small projects are happening there:
Hop-growing (‘name Hogacre’s lock-down beer’ competition to follow!)
Preparing the support canes Enlarging the wild hop support system Self-seeded wild hop We’ve planted hop
Coloured-stem willow growing for basket weaving

Hay-bale veg
To get the hay-bales ready for growing, we watered them daily and then watered them for two weeks with nitrogen-rich ‘tea’ made from nettles, picked on site.

making nettle tea, for the nitrogen watering the hay bales
Look what we’re growing!
beans tomatoes thriving in hay bales – May Potatoes flowering – June Spinach – June