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Green tomatoes harvest at Daily Bread Space

Oct4 by Sandra

We had to cut down one of the tomato plants and harversted the green tomates hoping they will turn red in the next weeks…

 

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Posted in Big Spaces Tagged Daily Bread

Fennel and chard at the Edible Roundabout

Oct4 by Sandra

We collected fennel seeds and prepared the soil for winter planting on a great sunny day!

 

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Posted in Big Spaces Tagged Edible Roundabout

Cute insects at Daily Bread Space

Sep27 by Sandra

The more I spend time in our wonderful spaces, the more I find insects cute. And you?

 

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Posted in Big Spaces Tagged Daily Bread

New signs at Ashley Court Space

Aug23 by Sandra

We added signs at the Ashley Court Space…It is not possible to miss it now! The Tree Spinach is wonderful and the borage is attracting a lot of bees.

 

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Posted in Big Spaces Tagged Ashley Court

First red tomatoes at the Daily Bread Space

Aug22 by Sandra

It’s incredible how so many plants can grow wonderfully in such a small space:

 

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Posted in Big Spaces Tagged Daily Bread

Giant fennel at the Edible Roundabout

Aug2 by Sandra

Everything is growing so wonderfully at the Edible Roundabout. Herbs, salad, cabbage and a lot of flowers for bees and butterflies.

 

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Posted in Big Spaces Tagged Edible Roundabout

Close-up views of the Daily Bread Space

Aug2 by Sandra

Marco Ranieri, an artist taking part of the Cambridge Sustainability Residency, came to visit our Space and took wonderful close-up views! He nicely gave them to us 🙂

You can discover more about his work here.

 

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Posted in Big Spaces Tagged Daily Bread

Overgrowing tomatoes, beans and sunflowers in the Daily Bread Space

Jul26 by Sandra

We added bamboo canes to support the overgrowing tomatoes, beans and sunflowers in the Daily Bread Space. It’s also so nice to see so many people very enthousiastic about this space!

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Posted in Big Spaces Tagged Daily Bread

More strawberries at Wycliffe fruit aisle

Jul26 by Sandra

More strawberries and marigold, a wonderful companion plant, were planted at the Wycliffe Fruit Aisle. The cover with cardboard and soil is also working very well to protect the space from weeds!

 

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Posted in Big Spaces Tagged Wycliffe Fruit

Sunflowers at Daily Bread Space

Jul18 by Sandra

We had another harvest of courgettes, chards and herbs at the Daily Bread Space. The tomatoes are growing and sunflowers are blossoming.

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Posted in Big Spaces Tagged Daily Bread

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