Blogs
Find out what's happening across the area with a blogger's view of day-to-day life in Northwich and Rural North.
Grozone blog
The
Grozone Community Garden Project in Northwich is
working towards its vision of providing a safe, accessible and
welcoming outdoor community space for the local community to enjoy
and join in activities that can include growing food and learning
about nutrition and health. Read the Groundwork blog that
tracks the development of the creation of this inclusive,
innovative and welcoming community garden for the people of East
Northwich and Rudheath.
Friday 24 February 2012
Soup and sowing
There is a lot to catch up as technical difficulties have
prevented me updating the blog recently. It appears to be an IE
problem, though. I will be adding photos as soon as I can get them
transferred from my phone!
I would like to say big thank you to all our regular volunteers,
who turn up whatever the weather. Our fortnightly cooking sessions
are going down a treat – so far we have cooked spicy parsnip, leek
and potato and carrot and lentil soups. Wednesday’s cooking
session was butternut squash with Bill’s home-grown
potatoes.
The fungus garden has finally been completed; we just need to
encourage residents to establish around and on the sculpture.
Bill and his willing helpers have built us a new shelter to replace
the old, tattered tarpaulin, and converted the work bench into a
work surface to serve refreshments from.
The volunteers have been consulted about the work being done with
the WREN money, several expressing interest in particular parts of
the project, and have been rescuing bricks and kindling from the
central circle, before it is bulldozed to make way for the pond and
special beds to be built there.
We have finally started sowing seeds for planting out when the
weather improves, and the radish are already sprouting.
Journal of a countryside volunteer
Ever wondered what is involved in becoming a countryside volunteer? Read the blog of Mary, a member of FOAM and find out about wildflower planting, fence-fixing, litter-picking and wildlife surveys.
Thursday 26 April 2012
It was a day of frequent heavy showers. Chris pushed the charcoal
burner over so that David, Jim and I could bag up the charcoal.
However it was the poorest burn that we've had so far. We spent
most of our time stacking up the browns ready for another burn. We
did salvage 4 or 5 bags of usable charcoal. We battled on in the
rain, managing to avoid getting those few bags wet. We collected
together newspaper and kindling to set the kiln up again. It began
to rain heavily and we tossed the logs into the burner as fast as
we could and replaced the lid. We looked around for something to do
in the dry and shed tidying became attractive. Pairing up wellies
proved to be David's forte as he could read the sizes on the soles
without specs. We found an empty shelf and a crate to accommodate
them.
Councillors' blog
Lion Salt Works project blog
The Lion Salt
Works is a historic brine salt making site that is being restored
and transformed into a unique heritage attraction. Led by Cheshire
West and Chester Council, this £8million project will see the site
reborn as a fascinating destination for tourists, day visitors and
families and a valued resource for local communities, businesses
and heritage interest groups.
Located in the village of Marston, close to the town of Northwich, the site lies adjacent to the Trent and Mersey Canal and is close to the historic Anderton Boat Lift. A substantial part of the site is a Scheduled Monument.
Restoration work has now started on the site, with an expected opening in spring 2014. The Lion Salt Works is currently closed to the public.