Sunday 3 October 2021

Spring Bulb Planting

 On the 2nd October, we arranged to spend our first Saturday of the month event planting bulbs.  Areas at the side of the pathway into the Arno from Ingestre Road, as well as beside the entrance to the Quarry, had been cleared of weeds in preparation for planting.  Despite the weather being damp and dismal, many volunteers turned out at 10am with gloves and trowels to help get all the bulbs into the ground.

 There were 650 bulbs in total of five different varieties.  We arranged the bulbs first in random groups with the taller varieties at the back, smallest near to the front edges of the pathways.  It didn't take us long to plant them all. By 11.30 am all the work was finished and our Chairperson Annette Capper was ready in the shed with hot drinks and biscuits. All we need do now is wait for the Spring with a view to seeing all the delightful Spring flowers poking up through the ground.

Fingers crossed the local squirrels don't find them before they get a chance to grow!