The change in crop growth over time in a single poly tunnel. A broad range of crops are being grown, including runner beans, courgettes and butternut squash.
One of our volunteers had some specialist knowledge regarding vine growing, and the results have been rather spectacular (see below). The two photos were taken just 9 weeks apart! Who knows, we could be producing Cotes de Romney in a few years’ time.
Our Vine. Left: June, right: August.
Many thanks to Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm Fund and Kent Community Foundation for their generous donation, and our volunteers at Romney Marsh Visitor Centre for their amazing work installing the irrigation system.
Exciting plans are in the pipeline for our Visitor Centre at Romney Marsh, which will allow us to make even more use of the fantastic produce grown in the Marsh Community Garden, if you would like to be part of our Volunteers team down on Romney Marsh, please contact the Visitor Centre team, Liz Grant/Louise Pyke (01797 369487) or Dawn Champion (01622 662012).
Volunteer, Margery Thomas, shares her November update from Hothfield Heathlands - one of Kent's last four valley bogs and one of its few remaining fragments of open heath.
Earlier this year, two wildlife surveys at Ironhurst Valley recorded 176 plant and animal taxa, including six plants on the Kent Rare Plant Register. Discover the rare wildflowers, nesting bees and other species found on this riverside reserve.
Ashford Area Warden, Will Glasson, explores autumn conservation and wildlife at Hothfield Heathlands - and how you can get involved.
