The first year of development of the Tropical Glasshouse project has been supported by a grant of £7000 from the University Annual Fund, a fund built from donor contributions. In May/June 2011 I submitted a proposal along with Liz Williamson … Continue reading
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At lunchtime today we started moving some of the railway sleepers to mark out the design of the tropical glasshouse planting areas on the ground. There is a world of difference between a sketch on paper and the reality of … Continue reading
Most of the old plantings have now been dug up and new plants propagated. Here we see six keen volunteers with a range of the plants in pots including a fine flowering orchid specimen. Now much of the old overgrown … Continue reading
After many weeks of research, discussion and negotiation we finally have our recycled, untreated hardwood railway sleepers to create the raised beds for drainage and landscaping in the greenhouse. Although the space seems small we needed 120 sleepers to do … Continue reading
Four people and two hours were needed to mix together a large pile of well rotted compost and a slightly smaller pile or horticultural grit. Luckily the weather was dry and not too hot for this long and tiring job. … Continue reading
New crop plants for summer 2012 and beyond were planted today. A local supermarket was the source for Pineapple (Ananas comosus), Sweet Potato (Ipomaea batatas), Ginger (Zingiber offininale) and Scotch Bonnet chilli (Capsicum annuum). It’s amazing what can be grown … Continue reading
One week after the brutal process of digging up and splitting some of our tropical plants into smaller pot sized pieces four of our eager volunteers are checking whther the plants have settled in to the fresh compost. Several are … Continue reading
Thanks to the 12 student volunteers for their hard work on Wednesday afternoon. Several wheelbarrow loads of compost were mixed and used to pot up 15 different tropical species giving them time to establish before the parent plants are dug … Continue reading
On Wednesday 25th January at 2pm we will be meeting to start the first phase of moving the current tropical plants. We have about 20 plants to split up and move into large flowerpots. This will involve digging and moving … Continue reading
