N2 Gardeners Update: Clear out and autumn colour needed at station bank!

A few of us made good progress weeding, mulching and cutting back at the East Finchley Station bank on Sunday 11th September. We still have lots more to do and we are going to try and organise another date in October. Watch this space for details...

Some kind person had strimmed all the grass and cleared away a pile of weeds - we don't know who you are but we are grateful! It's looking much better.

We are also considering whether we could aim for a regular slot of say, Sunday mornings between 11am – 1pm for whoever’s available to turn up for however long they can, so that becomes established as 'station bank time'. It's quite a nice time of day/the week to chat to passersby on their way to a Sunday stroll in Cherry Tree Wood etc. We'll send round an email and update this blog if we set that up.

We would also like to offer one or two of the raised beds to anyone who doesn’t have a garden, but wanted somewhere to grow things, perhaps helping out with some general weeding as ‘payment’. Please email n2gardeners@gmail.com if you are interested.

Finally, we could do with a bit more late autumn colour, so if anyone has a clump of michaelmas daisies and/or golden rod that needs thinning, it would be nice for the site, or anything else with late colour, please get in touch at the above email address!

Next get-together of the N2 gardeners

A few of us met up at East Finchley tube station bank on Sunday the 15th of May for some weeding and watering duties - despite the long dry spell the plants were doing remarkably well! The next weedathon of the tube station bank is planned for Sunday June 12th at 11am. We hope to see you there!

Event at East Finchley tube station bank

A few of us will be gathering at the tube station bank on Sunday 15th May at 11am to get on with some weeding and general maintenance (and maybe even some planting). All welcome! More dates will be announced shortly.....

New raised vegetable beds for Station bank!

On Sunday the 6th of February about ten people came along to muck in with general weeding as well as planting some currant bushes. We also installed some raised beds with wooden edging in the veg patches (see pic). This should suppress the weeds and provide a better growing medium for whatever we plant in the Spring. It will also make it easier to manage a rotation of vegetable types. Any suggestions for getting funding for more soil would be greatly appreciated!

We'll be arranging a 'spring planting' planning meeting in the Old White Lion very soon. Watch this space.....

Winter gardening on the 6th of February!

Winter drags on so we've agreed to drag ourselves up to the Bank at East Finchley Tube Station on Sunday 6 February from about 11 am and get guerilla gardening! We'll be making some raised beds in the vegetable plots as well as some general weeding, planting some more (dormant) fruit bushes and plotting for the coming growing season. If you feel like joining in please come along. Look forward to seeing some of you there......