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As usual it’s been extremely busy at the nursery recently. We had a lovely day with Hayley, Mia and Natty from Downs Side Up. They all really enjoyed being down at the nursery and having a go at planting and picking the tomatoes. You can read Hayley’s blog about their day here. Everything at the… Read more »
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This summer we’ve been growing beautiful orange, yellow, red and purple carrots and some cute tasty, and sweet chubby carrots. Look out for them in your veg bags soon. In celebration of all carrots, whatever their size, shape or colour, here’s a poem by Valerie Worth (from All the Small Poems and Fourteen More). Raw… Read more »
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We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who put money into our buckets at Saturday’s Bag Packing in Tesco. We are very grateful and raised a whopping £342. Many thanks also to Sharon, Jess, Helena, Bill, Sara, Timmy, Sean H, Shaun T, Chris, James and Julie for making the bag packing such… Read more »
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What a busy time we’ve had recently. June is our busiest month of the year and we have a lot to do with not enough time or people to do it in. If you fancy a bit of planting in our field and have some spare time please let us know and come along and… Read more »
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It’s all go at the nursery. Here’s a roundup of our news: We are doing a trial with edible flowers to see if the Eden kitchens would like to use them. Emma has planted some Asparagus Pea plants and Viola called Hollywood Honeys. We have planted up the squashes and gourds for Eden which will be… Read more »
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The Health and Safety course for the guys was the first one that we have run down at the nursery. The response we had from the guys was brilliant. Jed Langdon, Eden’s Learning and Development Specialist, delivered the course at a level that all who attended could take part and understand the importance of H&S in the workplace. The… Read more »
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The People & Gardens Team are very excited this season to be embarking on a new project. The words coffee and mushrooms are not normally seen in the same sentence but then here at Watering Lane we like to try and be a bit different! We are planning to grow gourmet oyster mushrooms using waste… Read more »
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One of our biggest events of the year is our annual cricket match against the Eden Project team. This year it will be held on the 1st September at St Austell Cricket Club. It will be our third competition against Eden and at the moment the score is a draw. As usual there will be… Read more »
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We’re thrilled to be growing tomatoes for the first ever batch of Cornish Ketchup, a new product due to be launched this summer. It’s really exciting to be part of this project. We have been asked to grow 500kg of tomatoes at the nursery to make 1,000 bottles. As you can see from the photos… Read more »
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Here is our new polytunnel unpacked and waiting to go up! It’s like a very large flat pack. We will keep you informed as to when the grand construction is due to begin, and if anybody would like to help that would be very helpful as well as great fun 🙂