Tuesday Group Activities

Head Gardener Morgan Jones:

At TARAGGAN Educational Gardens & Nursery yesterday, me, Rees Powell and the twins Christopher & Anthony Davies planted sunflower seeds. We filled the pots with soil, added the seeds, and covered the seeds with more soil.

When we got back to the office, it was craft time. Cheryl Smith had brought in materials, so everyone could decorate/design their own Easter bunny. We also made chocolate rice crispy cakes.

Gardening at TARAGGAN

Head Gardener Morgan Jones:

When I had a look at the weather forecast for Tuesday, I was disappointed to see that rain was forecast for the majority of the day. When Christy said “we’re going up the allotments now” I was pretty surprised because at the time it was hammering down outside. When we got to TARAGGAN allotments me, Gethin, Rees, Anthony and Chris went inside the bottle shed to plant broccoli seeds, courgette seeds, and parsley seeds into tubs. This was much better than being outside and getting drenched like drowned rats. In a few weeks when we go back up to TARAGGAN me and everyone else are hoping to see progress with the seeds. Fingers crossed each of the seeds will have some growth.

Gardening

This report was written by Head Gardener Morgan Jones:

Yesterday, Christy Taylor, Gethin Chamberlain, Rees Powell, Chris & Anthony Davies, and I worked on our garden plots at TARAGGAN Educational Gardens & Nursery. As always, my job as head gardener was to make sure everyone followed the correct rules and behaved appropriately.

After we were told by Kyle Richards what we were planting, everyone put their gloves on and we planted four different types of seeds (cauliflower, oregano, pepper & tomato). As always, once we’d finished using the tools, our job was to clean the dirt from the equipment.

Gardening at TARAGGAN

This is a write-up from our Head Gardener, Morgan Jones:

At Caerphilly People First this week, me, Christy, Gethin, Rees, Hannah, and Christopher & Anthony went to TARAGGAN allotments. This was our first visit after the winter break.

Whilst we were there, myself and my colleagues planted carrot seeds and coriander seeds. Before going back to the YMCA, as Head Gardener my job was to clean every tool we’d used and store them back in the shed.

Gardening

This report was written by our head gardener Morgan Jones.

It was nice to be back up the allotments in TARAGGAN this week after missing out last week because of the bad weather. The first thing Gethin, Rees, Conor, Christopher, Anthony and myself did was pick up the tools we needed from the shed, then we planted Allium bulbs. I thought everyone contributed really well and did their bit this week, and each of them deserve a pat on the back.

Gardening

This week at TARAGGAN Educational Gardens & Nursery, Kyle Richards and Sam showed our volunteers how to plant bulbs. We all had a go at planting daffodils, snowdrops and mixed crocus. Snowdrops and daffodils are amongst the first plants to flower in late winter and early spring, and the plants will look great decorating the borders of the plots when they bloom. If you would like to volunteer with us we are at TARAGGAN every Tuesday morning from 10.30am.

Gardening

This report was written by our head gardener, Morgan Jones:

When I arrived at TARAGGAN Educational Gardens and Nursery, I told everyone what their job was. Usually it’s me Gethin, Rees, Chris, Anthony and Connor who work on the plots, but because there was a meeting in the office, it was just me, Chris, Anthony and Connor at the allotments this week. We planted garlic cloves and covered them with soil, and the garlic will be ready for us to pick next August.

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Yesterday at TARAGGAN Educational Gardens & Nursery our volunteers continued working hard on the plots, weeding and preparing them to plant garlic next week. The group also harvested our raspberries and shared them out in the office when we returned.


Thank you Kyle Richards for helping to prepare the plot for planting the garlic, and for showing our new volunteer Connor how to use the tools correctly. If you would like to volunteer with us we are at TARAGGAN every Tuesday morning from 10.30am.

Gardening

Yesterday was a beautiful morning at TARAGGAN Educational Gardens & Nursery where our volunteers worked hard weeding the plots and digging up leeks. Thank you to Sam and Kyle for showing us how to do this properly, and for giving us the leeks to take home to cook. Our volunteers plan to make soup, leeks in cheese sauce, quiche and stews with today’s harvest.

If you would like to volunteer with us or would like more information please contact our Head gardener Morgan Jones via enquiries@caerphillypeoplefirst.org

Gardening

Yesterday, Sam, Rees, Gethin, Chris, Anthony and myself (Morgan Jones) worked on our allotments at TARAGGAN. As head gardener, I give people tasks to do and tell our volunteers what we need. I started by telling the boys what tools we needed, and once these were collected we started digging the ground to remove as many weeds as possible.

After that I noticed that a few of the vegetables we’ve been growing were ready to be picked, so we picked carrots, curly kale, runner beans, and beetroot, which we took back to the office to be shared among the group. I asked Christy how much veg I was allowed to take home, and her response was ‘take as much veg as you would like’.

When we had finished, I asked the group if they could clean the tools and put them away neatly, so that John, who helps us with our plots, won’t need to tidy up after us. Thank you also to Kyle Richards for all your help.

If you would like to volunteer with us at TARAGGAN Educational Gardens & Nursery we are there every Tuesday morning from 10.30am. Please contact Morgan Jones on: enquiries@caerphillypeoplefirst.org