Low Carbon Ledbury event at Ledbury Community Fair.

This weekend Ledbury celebrates The Coronation by recreating the Ox Roast which was held here, in 1953.

The Ox Roast event is happening tomorrow, but today was a town wide celebration of all the good things which happen in our little market town -  the Ledbury Community Day.


I was upstairs in the beautiful medieval Market House doing a h Energy/ Master Gardener stall, fellow Master Composters also had a stall there, as did many other local "green" groups. Lots of other community groups showcased their activities all over Ledbury.

 Nigel Hand from the reptile group was there, with wonderful slow worms, newts and grass snakes.

The Worcester Scrapstore had a stand and did some wonderful activities throughout the event - Compostgirl made an insect out of a plastic bottle top :-)

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Master Composters stand with seed planting activities, composting advice and Love Food Hate Waste information.

Compostgirl went off to do Guides activities in The Walled Garden with Ledbury Guides - very proud to be dressed in her uniform and necker and to be part of the day's events, which were happening all over Ledbury town. (link to map)  :-)

It was great fun; Speaking purely from my own experience -  I spoke to over 40 people on my stall alone; five households signed up to take part in h.Energy Savers and two households signed up to have me mentor them for a year with advice on getting started in vegetable growing - so all in all a very successful event :-)

Judging by the crowds of people and the conversations I had with visitors, the other stalls were equally successful and the whole event went very well.

We finished at 2 pm and packed up; being upstairs in the Market House created some "challenges" getting boxes and display boards up and down the stairs but finally everything was loaded into the car and Compostman drove me home.

And I am now officially exhausted. Compostgirl has gone off for a sleepover with a friend, so I think a sit down and a cup of tea is in order, before I start on the planting and watering routine in the garden.:-)

Saturday - soapsuds and soil.

Hello lovely people!

Another cold but sunny day and yes, yet more blankets and sheets were washed and put on the line to dry today - this time I did our normal weekly bedding and towel hot wash and also washed and dried the very last king sized blanket. That is now all the spare bedding and blankets clean and packed away AND all our bed blankets now clean and fresh and a couple of those are also packed away for next winter. 

Next in the washing machine will be the curtains from the Pink/Guest bedroom - they can then be ironed and packed away until the room is completed. I am keen to take advantage of the sunny weather as we are generating lots of electricity and lots of hot water, so its a good cheap time to be doing a lot of washing :-)

The Guinea Piggle girls

went outside into their new run today!

They pop corned in delight and wheeked a lot, they were obviously very pleased to be outside in the sunshine with fresh grass! I thought about it and realised that they had not been outside on grass since Oct 2012 - they have only been out in the run inside the Polytunnel since then - so no wonder they were so happy ;-)

Have any of you joined the B & Q Club? I was having a look around for more gardening ideas and found out about it . You simply complete the sign-up form , including your contact details and a little bit of information about your DIY preferences and then you get an email with your membership number in - and away you go!

B & Q say on their website

Most members will receive a welcome email immediately, which includes your membership details. From time to time, there may be a bit of a delay for some customers. It's usually because loads of other people want to join too! So we're grateful for your patience.

The B&Q Club is card-less.  All you need is your 16-digit membership number to access its benefits.  No cards, no vouchers. You can show your membership number or bar code in any format – a printed copy, on your phone or written down on a piece of paper.  Simply present your membership number or bar code at the tills in-store to take advantage of any of The B&Q Club rewards. It's that simple. 

I got my membership details within 5 mins. I do shop at B & Q and so am always keen to get a discount offer. At the moment they are offering 

3 for 2 on smoke alarms & carbon monoxide alarms and 3 for 2 on all bedding plants

 

Hope you are all having a good weekend :-)