A day of gardening

It’s almost been a year since the small garden was installed at the front of the Hall and it was definitely due for a weeding session. So with hoes in hand and whilst waiting for the kettle to boil, the hacking began.

It was decided that we shouldnt just stop with weeding and within a few seconds residents were down the street digging up some gazanias which had started to grow in the gutter. “Better get them before the grader does.” one was heard to say.

With a little help from the children and their trailer the gazanias were quickly planted and watered in. Hopefully a colourful addition to the front of the Hall for years to come.

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Alas Alack No more oven

Not that it worked properly but the Hall’s oven has finally given up for good.

We should have expected it, all that was working was one dodgy stove top hot plate but, that hot plate was enough to boil the kettle and heat the percolator for our weekly dosage of caffeine. This weekly caffeine hit is so important to the group that a simple household electric kettle was quickly purchased to cover the cravings, and for those who liked their coffee percolated they will need to suffer the taste of instant coffee or become tea drinkers instead.

On another note it has been suggested that since new rainwater tanks will now be funded by a government grant that all the money raised from the bulbs and other activities could be put towards a new oven instead, no doubt all be will discussed on Thursday.

And lastly, the bucket bulbs are back and gracing the front of the Hall with their beauty. Many thought that the bulbs had died over summer due to lack of care, water, attention, thought, food, sun and shade but we were all proved wrong. There is plenty of space out the front for some more of these planter pots so let us know if you have any old metal mops bucket worthy of donation to the Hall.

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Spontaneous Front yard Blitz

The Yaninee Hall received a much appreciated little face lift on Friday 7th Aug 2009.

Some of the youngest generation in town,with their parents, dug, planted and mulched through the morning, creating new beds using Esther Deans’ “No Dig Garden” method.

After an hour or so it was noted that the children had disappeared leaving the parents to put over 100 plants in the ground.

The plants donated by residents included; White bearded iris’, society garlics and violets. Even a few leaky buckets were converted into pots with a few spring flowering bulbs.

Now the community  waits, with its fingers are crossed, to see how many of these plants survive their brutal transplant.

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