Wednesday 18th February
Report written by Laura
Tonight, we mainly stood in amazement at Christian's speedy digging skills!
We were digging trenches at Bedford Fields , filling them with logs and garden waste to create mounds. This is a permaculture technique that uses decaying wood as a base to create nutrient-rich, moisture-retaining garden beds. The buried wood acts like a sponge, absorbing water during wet periods and releasing it during dry spells. As the wood breaks down over several years, it provides a consistent, slow-release nutrient source.
It was a freezing night but we managed to keep warm (ish) with our hard work.
Thanks for coming out in the cold everyone:)
Leeds
We are a small charity with limited resources, so jobs like this often fall by the wayside. It helps us to continue to focus on our core work, but also with compost, it means we can have less inputs and save money
