The first activity of the morning was to investigate a hyacinth bulb that was coming out of the ground, upside down. We were slightly surprised to find well-formed leaves and a flower 25cm into the ground. The leaves had clearly not been exposed to light. Most odd!
While weeding was the main order of the day, we used our own compost, emptying a bin. Most has gone into the sunken area near the Laverockbank Road gate. It’s now almost level with the surrounding borders.
The weather was much better than forecast (it was only very cold with some sleet), so we were able to do a load of planting and weeding. We also managed to finish the path to the compost bins, thus completing the work on the composting facilities. Many thanks to the City of Edinburgh Council whose Waste Action Grant funded this project. Thanks too to Janet for coffee again, which helped revive us after a cold morning’s gardening.
Freshly weeded – don’t be fooled by the sunshine, it was freezing!
The new bark path, screens and compost bins looking east
The new path looking west
Friends of Starbank Park 