From Compost to Council

Nurturing our gardens has been enormously important during the past year. Even the least green-fingered amongst us has discovered the benefits of getting outside to mow a lawn or plant a few bulbs. Gardening enables us to connect with the outdoors. And during a lockdown, when outside activity is so restricted, gardening is food for the soul. We used to have a large garden, about one fifth of an acre, with fruit cages, vegetable plots and a large expanse of lawn. We spent hours together taming the growth and watching it develop, until health issues and age transformed our garden from a hobby to a burden...but more of that in another blog post. We 'downsized', no more lawn, less flower beds, and a small patio where we could sit and enjoy the birds who visited from nearby Egerton Park. But our gardening ambitions didn't entirely downsize with the move. With far less energy we still chose to grow a variety of vegetables in large pots, with some success, but without a compost he...