Storm Bram and the prototype
It did not take much for the wind to get the better of our prototype. Fortunately there is no permanent damage. It has helped us with the design, and with lots of shared research we have a final design that takes into account how…
The Times They Are a-Changin’
We need funds to buy fixing and timber to finish this project and your donation will have a direct and lasting impact. The expectation is that this polytunnel will produce 500kg of vegetables that include courgettes, chillies, gem squash (all of you Southern Africans…
“Vision without execution is hallucination.” — Thomas Edison
After a month or so of modifying plans, designs, redesigns and collaboration, a momentous step; the first polytunnel hoop is up. The design process has been led by volunteers and improved upon by volunteers and visitors alike. Witnessing and being able to support this…
A market garden visit to Pillars of Hercules
The 2 acres of land at the Sanctuary garden is big enough to be a market garden, with similar to size to the early years of East Neuk Market Garden. After our volunteer visit at the beginning of the month where Tom from East…
All Change – North South!
Building a polytunnel across the slope, East-West in our case, meant that the gables would be on a 1:10 slope causing complications for doors and thresholds. This has kept our engineering volunteers busy trying to sort out solutions we did not really need because…….
Marking out the new polytunnel
The design of the new polytunnel is changing slightly every time we get together. Little iterations and changes make improvements in how it is being erected and it’s functionality based on our own experiences putting up the tunnel at Grow West Fife and visits…
Progress using a JCB digger!
Pictures speak a 1000 words. With the use of the JCB from the neighbouring farmers, Ian and James Adam, 2 hours work with their machine would have taken many demoralising and back-breaking days of work by hand. The photos at the top show the…
Rubbish away and metal for cash
With the help of our volunteers, van was loaded with rubbish and unloaded at the tip. A second load of metal was dropped off at WM Russel just down the road and half a tonne gave us £59 that paid for half the van…
Food growing potential is immense
The drawing below is of two gardens: The Sanctuary Garden is the large blank green canvas and the upper drawing is the garden at Grow West Fife. The drawing helped to design new bed layouts with the help of the volunteers. Grow West Fife’s…
Another fire, clear out and donations
Our volunteers are making a positive impact on the state of the garden. Thank you! We’ve hired a transit van for Monday 10th November: The steel we may get some money as scrap metal and the rest of the waste will be recycled. More…