Category: Gardens

Hello, everyone! It’s Christmas, and we are back in business, as you may have seen on our website. If you did look, you will know that things are different: our lovely but troublesome old boxes are gone; the steps have been given a cover of stone chippings; there is a paved promenade to save your…

A heatwave, at last – how wonderful it is … and what exciting prospects it brings us!

Having sobered up after the delightful FOPA Pimms & Picnic event last Saturday, the Ministry of Compost now informs you that we are once more open for business. The boxes, having dismally failed their MoC, are being repaired by Gary to make them rodent and water resistant and fit for purpose under adverse conditions.

Exciting news! – It is summer, and we are relaunching our Composting Scheme.

A new generation of Daleks has landed in Palmeira Gardens, right where our compost bins used to hide. One can commune with them without an expensive flight into space – you don’t know how lucky you are.

A rather interesting addition to Adelaide Gardens is a temporary lake towards the south of the gardens. Perfect for amphibian dogs and seagulls, but not however, conducive to long-term garden management or health and safety!  This appears to be due to bad drainage when we have excessive rain, but we we are waiting to hear…

THE FRIENDS OF PALMEIRA AND ADELAIDE (FOPA)RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION – COMPOSTING COMMUNITY

Surprise! Issue 20 – 04/03/14

Like buses after a long wait, newsletters are now coming thick and fast  –  here we are again, with an update to record the recent switch of active box from 4 to 1:

Start of a New Year … as wet as the old one, by the look of it; perhaps we should slap VAT on rain – that might just put a stop to it….