First on its way to being edible...

...its rhubarb! 

Read about forcing it, so covered plant with a bucket a few weeks ago.

As novices, just looking at the colour and size of it impressed us!

March 11th

March 18th

Brixton Beer - Hops planted at the plot!

We are taking part in the Brixton Beer project.

We'll be attempting to grow a single hop plant, which will be harvested each year and along with other growers hops, will form the collective to brew Brixton Beer!

As with everything else growing on the plot of the Secret Greenhouse, I have no idea what will come of it!

1st Open Day

We got a few jobs done while hosting our first open day, we had the help of a handful of friends who came along, we planted basil & coriander, dug in the green manure and preped the beds for Spring and finally patched up & cleaned the greenhouse!

Success of the day was the lovely beetroot & seed cake,  failure of the day was starting at 10am (on a Sunday!)

Thanks for all that donated, we only made a few pounds after factoring the ingredients for two cakes, but it was all worth it!

The Contenders

Fighting for sunshine, water and T.L.C this Spring are....