The site has very quickly become wet and the tracks soft. Cars soon cause muddy ruts, spoiling the look of the site and making it dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians, therefore cars are currently not allowed on the site. However, if heavy items, like large bags of compost, need to be moved to your plot […]
Plots As at 7 Nov 2022 there were 45 people on the waiting lists and 0 plots being prepared for letting. Burnside Toilet – Open BUT! We think the mess previously caused in the loo is the result of children not sitting on the loo seat correctly, and not being supervised or subsequently checked by […]
The first Volunteering Day of the year at Burnside. It was a bright, cool day – ideal for knocking down disused sheds, clearing over-grown patches, and just generally tidying up. And lots of people there to help.
Early morning on the site, warm sun streaming, and hardly a soul around. All was good with the world!
The first Burnside Volunteering Day of the summer. Lots of tidying and clearing at Burnside – all done by a large group of volunteers. It was a lovely day, if perhaps, a little warm.
Repairs have been made to the Ancaster Way gate and the area just inside it has been overhauled. To prevent this area becoming boggy due to rainwater draining off Ancaster Way, a dished channel has been formed at the threshold and the water drained to a soakaway. In addition, an area of the adjacent plot […]
Four half plots have recently been cleared ready for letting. A lot of metal and other debris has been removed and some trees have had to be cut down. Many thanks are due to the Burnside site managers and willing volunteers for a lot of hard graft.
Non-organic Blue Pellets The most popular method of slug and snail control used in the garden is slug pellets. The pellets are manufactured from cereal and yeast that lures the slugs and snails to them and they contain a poison that kills the slugs and snails after they have consumed the pellets. There are three […]
History During several volunteering days dating back to about 2015, an overgrown area halfway along the eastern edge of the Burnside site began to be cleared to make way for a new communal space. The area had become very overgrown and had, for many years, been a dumping ground for a variety of waste and […]
John McGill has been doing some research on how to make the most of an increasingly precious resource – water. He starts by looking at ways to reduce the need for water. He then has some tips on how to collect and store water, reducing your need to visit the troughs as often. He’s put […]
