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The big raspberry plant

Posted on January 19, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

On Friday we’re getting five raspberry plants from Harvest, Brighton & Hove’s Food Partnership. Harvest are promoting raspberry growing in public spaces and community gardens all over Brighton & Hove because once they get going, they produce wonderful fruit which … Continue reading →

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It’s going to be cold

Posted on January 12, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

Is it? Just as we had got used to cold winters again, it looks like January 2012 is going to be the second warmest since records began. The weather at London Road Station has been positively spring-like; the bulbs are coming … Continue reading →

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New year, new shoots

Posted on January 5, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

Happy New Year! The change of year was not white this year, but more typically wet and windy. Today the damp clouds have lifted but there’s an irritating high wind. I checked the gardens and the compost site – my … Continue reading →

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A haul of garden sundries

Posted on December 1, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

Garden sundries? Perhaps the boring side of gardening, unless you see the parallel between growing things and cooking things, in which case garden sundries are the exciting things in your store cupboard, the array of esoteric ingredients which make things … Continue reading →

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Community bulbs

Posted on November 26, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

I can’t even remember when it started …  At the Ditchling Rise Area Street Party in September, Jo from Shaftesbury Road and I were discussing how good the cut-price onion sets from Lidl had been, and Jo said they now had packs … Continue reading →

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Our harvest supper

Posted on November 1, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

It wasn’t a fantastically productive growing year for us, but TA TAH … it was successful. Last week, we celebrated! Back in May we started to transform a 12 square metre plot of waste land – covered in weeds, rubble, empty bottles, cans and … Continue reading →

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The water butt mystery …

Posted on October 17, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

What’s happening? The water butt in our shady garden is a mystery. We installed it in July this year. Even after a solid downpour, it appeared to be empty after a few days. We checked for leaks but found none. … Continue reading →

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We’re in Sussex Living

Posted on October 11, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

  We all sat around in the garden today and read Ruth Lawrence’s article about us in Sussex Living. You’ll find it at the address below: go to pages 50-51. We remember when you came round, Ruth, and we loved … Continue reading →

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How we started …

Posted on October 5, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

It all started with a leaflet about Community-Rail partnerships. Living around London Road Station, Brighton, we were thinking about what we could do to improve the environment around the station. We invited Sam Bryant from Sussex Community Rail Partnership to a meeting … Continue reading →

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